{"id":9012,"date":"2025-12-11T14:41:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/?p=9012"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T11:47:41","slug":"mcallas-nosokomeio-ag-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/mcallas-nosokomeio-ag-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maria Callas Museum brings a festive music-theatre experience to the \u201cAgia Sofia\u201d Children\u2019s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Maria Callas Museum brings a festive music-theatre experience to the \u201cAgia Sofia\u201d Children\u2019s Hospital<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”64px”][vc_column_text]Following the highly successful series of music-education workshops held in spring 2025, the Maria Callas Museum of the City of Athens returns to the \u201cAgia Sofia\u201d Children\u2019s Hospital on <\/span>Friday, 19 December 2025<\/b><\/span>, offering a new initiative designed to bring joy, imagination and festive warmth to children who are hospitalised or staying at the facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, the Museum presents a special Christmas experience:
\n<\/span>\u201cThe Nutcracker\u2019s Dream: An Immersive Christmas Music-Theatre Storytelling.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by <\/span>The Story Orchestra \u2013 The Nutcracker<\/i><\/span> by Katy Flint (Patakis Publishers), the programme invites children into an imaginative, hands-on journey where the magical world of the Nutcracker comes to life through music and theatrical narration. The children become co-creators of the story, shaping their own musical and imaginative worlds and crafting a personal, dream-like version of the tale.<\/span><\/p>\n

With live piano, warm storytelling and the active participation of the children, the hospital environment is transformed, even briefly, into a stage filled with festive atmosphere, wonder and enchanting images.<\/span><\/p>\n

The experience is designed and delivered by the Maria Callas Museum\u2019s educational team, in collaboration with composer and programme creator Markella Skourti, as part of the Museum\u2019s ongoing commitment to making its cultural identity accessible in innovative and inclusive ways. The partnership with the \u201cAgia Sofia\u201d Children\u2019s Hospital continues with great enthusiasm and support from the Hospital\u2019s Board and nursing staff, who warmly embrace initiatives that contribute to the emotional resilience and overall well-being of the children.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Maria Callas Museum brings a festive music-theatre experience to the \u201cAgia Sofia\u201d Children\u2019s Hospital [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”64px”][vc_column_text]Following the highly successful series of music-education workshops held in spring 2025, the Maria Callas Museum of the City of Athens returns to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[134,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9026,"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions\/9026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariacallasmuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}