Afroditi Laoutari ( el, Αφροδίτη Λαουτάρη, 1893–1975) was a famous
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singer and actress in musical theatre.
She was born in
Patras in 1893. At an early age, she became involved with the musical theatre of , a leading operatic producer, where it didn't take long for her voice and stage talents to be appreciated, though she was self-taught. By 1915, she was already performing lead roles with the company. From that date through the 1920s, she performed roles in many works of musical theatre, both foreign and especially, Greek operettas. She was a muse to composer and conductor
Theophrastos Sakellaridis.
By the early 1930s, she had retired from the theatre. She then became one of, if not the, first Greek radio announcers on
Athens Radio Station (RCA) in 1938, where she was a dominating force. She continued to broadcast after the end of World War II for another decade.
Sofia Vembo has been said to resemble Afroditi Laoutari at the height of her fame. She died in 1975.
Stage performances
Filmography
* ''Shattered Dreams'' ''(Γκρεμισμένα όνειρα)'' (1949)
Legacy
Laoutari has been portrayed on stage in the operetta ''Remember Those Years'' (''Θυμήσου εκείνα τα χρόνια'') (2008), composed by musicologist Lambros Liavas as a tribute to
Theophrastos Sakellaridis.
References
External links
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Afroditi Laoutari singing 'Aurelia' from ''Diabolical child''
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1893 births
1975 deaths
Greek stage actresses
20th-century Greek women opera singers
Actors from Patras
Musicians from Patras