Karmen Rougeri

Carmen Rouggeri studied singing at the Greek Conservatory and theater at the Drama School of the Art Theater and Piraeus Association, graduating with honors. She pursued specialized studies in opera at the University of Perugia. As an actress, she has participated in performances at the Greek National Opera, the National Theater, and the Free Theater. She has appeared in numerous television series, playing distinctive roles. In 1985, she founded the theater group "Ragpickers," where she directed and wrote the scripts herself. Her writing includes children's plays (published by Livani, Patakis, Psychalos, and Zacharopoulos), a six-episode television series, and five opera translations. In 1993, she established the Children's Stage of the National Theater and in 1996 the Children's Stage of the Greek National Opera. She has adapted and directed operas for the Athens Chamber Opera and the Greek National Opera, including "Bastien and Bastienne," "La Serva Padrona," "The Philosopher of the Age," "The Marriage Contract," "Così fan tutte," "Kiss Me, Kate," "Cinderella," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Magic Flute," "The Freeshooter," "The Barber of Seville," "The Elixir of Love," "Orpheus and Eurydice," and "The Tale of Tsar Saltan." She has written, adapted, and directed works for the National Theater, the Regional Theaters of Corfu and Roumeli, the Horn, Ark, Piraeus 131, Egnatia, Theatron, Analyst, ALFA, ALMA, Athens College Theater, and the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, including "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Coppelia," "The Assemblywomen... as a Fairy Tale," "Love for Three Oranges," "The Tsar with the Long Beard," "Homer's Odyssey," "The Barber of Seville," "The Wizard of Oz," "Perseus and Andromeda," "Snow White and the Seven... Tall Dwarfs," "Are You Coming with Me?," "Hercules: The Founder of the Olympic Games," "Pinocchio," "It's Not Just a Fairy Tale," "The Taming of the Shrew," "The Three Musketeers and the Queen's Diamonds," "Robin Hood," "Aesop," "Something Wants to Tell Us," "Little Red Riding Hood, the Mom, the Dad, the Grandma, and the Wolf with All His Kin - A Detective Comedy," "Homer's Iliad," and "The Child and the Dream." She has toured with most of her works throughout Greece. From 1997 to 2006, her works and operas were presented at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Many of her works are performed in school productions. From 1996 to 2000 at the Children's Corner of the National Theater and from 2000 to 2006 at the "Ark" theater, she taught theatrical play.