March with Me - Vangelis with Montserrat Caballe (Live in Athens - Greece)

[LadiLorelei]

Meraviglia

[philipc67]

I was there. Superb 1997 IAAF ceremony, the staging, lighting, the setting, the music...fantastic! A couple of months later Athens was awarded the 2004 Olympic Games. If Vangelis had been the artistic dorector how might those ceremonies turned out? Still, the Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony was unforgettable.

[GeorgiNM]

One word - GRAND.

[taurusrubens]

Simply a great voice in a monumental stadium...

[picoboha]

the music, the voice..............point

[victorvei]

una ceremonia irrepetible enhorabuena a todos los griegos que la hicieron posible

[jncrlsgrnr]

Great

[JailbirdT]

Vangelis and Montserrat are the best . What a performance. Vangelis is one of the few figures that make me feel proud of my Greek nationality.

Montserrat's voice is like a heavenly choir.

It is a shame that the 2004 olympic games opening ceremony was not assigned to Vangelis but to Tiesto instead.. and that happened for political reasons unfortunately. But anyway such stars cannot be put to shadow, no matter what .

I salute you Vangelis and Montserrat.

[elouv]

amazing artists, i still remember watching this on tv live...

[miganbor]

LO MÁS DE LO MÁS!!!

[androoow]

Thanks for taking the time to upload these athens 97 clips... do u have the other vangelis music that was played that evening ??? thanks again..

[1964Byron]

Thanks for visiting as well as for your good words.

I actually have the whole opening ceremony of the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens in 9 parts. I will post it in the following days together with a couple of old interviews.

[1964Byron]

A lot of people and professionals see this ceremony as better than any Olympic ceremony including the Athens 2004 one.

Vangelis did pretty much everything in this event as the concept, the direction and the artistic and musical supervision was solely his.