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This stage production from 1990 actually constitutes a ballet adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's much-loved novel Zorba the Greek, set to music by Mikos Theodorakis, who scored the 1964 film of Zorba. Performed at the Arena di Verona in 1990, it stars Vladimir Vassiliev as the title character, Gheorghe Iancu as John, Luciano Savignano as Marina and Rosalba Garavelli as Madame Ortense. The Orchestra, Chorus and Corp de Ballet of the Arena di Verona perform, with Theodorakis himself conducting.