Spiros Argiris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Spiros Argiris

Greek conductor

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1948

Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece

Date of Death: 19-May-1996

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Spiros Argiris (Greek Sp???? ???????), born in Athens 24 August 1948 and died in Nice 19 May 1996 at the age of 48 of lung cancer was an orchestral and operatic conductor. He served as the music director of the legendary Spoleto Festival both in Italy and the US from 1987-1992.
He was appointed Artistic Director of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania from 1991-1994 for which he won the Premio Abbiati (Italian music critics award) for 1991/1992 for Best Organiser. He was awarded the same award as well in 1987/1988 for Best Show, “Jenufa" of Leoš Janácek, performed at the Spoleto Festival which he conducted and Günter Krämer directed.
Memorable still remains his conducting of Richard Strauss “Elektra” with Krämer signing the production and Deborah Polaski in the title role as well as Mozart’s “Nozze di Figaro” directed by Gian Carlo Menotti and the part of the Countess sung by the very young Renee Fleming and Susanna sung by Youngok Shin.