World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, ''worldwide'', i.e. anywhere on Earth.

In a philosophical context it may refer to: (1) the whole of the physical Universe, or (2) an ontological world (''see world disclosure''). In a theological context, ''world'' usually refers to the material or the profane sphere, as opposed to the celestial, spiritual, transcendent or sacred. The "end of the world" refers to scenarios of the final end of human history, often in religious contexts.

World history is commonly understood as spanning the major geopolitical developments of about five millennia, from the first civilizations to the present.

World population is the sum of all human populations at any time; similarly, world economy is the sum of the economies of all societies (all countries), especially in the context of globalization. Terms like world championship, gross world product, world flags etc. also imply the sum or combination of all current-day sovereign states.

In terms such as world religion, world language, and world war, ''world'' suggests international or intercontinental scope without necessarily implying participation of the entire world.

In terms such as world map and world climate, ''world'' is used in the sense detached from human culture or civilization, referring to the planet Earth physically.

Etymology and usage

The English word ''world'' comes from the Old English ''weorold (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld)'', a compound of ''wer'' "man" and ''eld'' "age," which thus means roughly "Age of Man." The Old English is a reflex of the Common Germanic ''*wira-alđiz'', also reflected in Old Saxon ''werold'', Old High German ''weralt'', Old Frisian ''warld'' and Old Norse ''verǫld'' (whence the Icelandic ''veröld'').

The corresponding word in Latin is ''mundus'', literally "clean, elegant", itself a loan translation of Greek ''cosmos'' "orderly arrangement." While the Germanic word thus reflects a mythological notion of a "domain of Man" (compare Midgard), presumably as opposed to the divine sphere on the one hand and the chthonic sphere of the underworld on the other, the Greco-Latin term expresses a notion of creation as an act of establishing order out of chaos.

'World' distinguishes the entire planet or population from any particular country or region: ''world affairs'' pertain not just to one place but to the whole world, and ''world history'' is a field of history that examines events from a global (rather than a national or a regional) perspective. ''Earth'', on the other hand, refers to the planet as a physical entity, and distinguishes it from other planets and physical objects.

'''World''' can also be used attributively, to mean 'global', 'relating to the whole world', forming usages such as world community or world canonical texts.

By extension, a '''world''' may refer to any planet or heavenly body, especially when it is thought of as inhabited, especially in the context of science fiction or futurology.

'''World''', in original sense, when qualified, can also refer to a particular domain of human experience.

The ''world of work'' describes paid work and the pursuit of career, in all its social aspects, to distinguish it from home life and academic study.

The ''fashion world'' describes the environment of the designers, fashion houses and consumers that make up the fashion industry.

historically, the ''New World'' vs. the ''Old World'', referring to the parts of the world colonized in the wake of the age of discovery. Now mostly used in zoology and botany, as New World monkey.

Philosophy

In philosophy, the term world has several possible meanings. In some contexts, it refers to everything that makes up reality or the physical universe. In others, it can mean have a specific ontological sense (see world disclosure). While clarifying the concept of world has arguably always been among the basic tasks of Western philosophy, this theme appears to have been raised explicitly only at the start of the twentieth century and has been the subject of continuous debate. The question of what the world is has by no means been settled.

;Parmenides The traditional interpretation of Parmenides' work is that he argued that the every-day perception of reality of the physical world (as described in doxa) is mistaken, and that the reality of the world is 'One Being' (as described in aletheia): an unchanging, ungenerated, indestructible whole.

;Plato In his Allegory of the Cave, Plato distingues between forms and ideas and imagines two distinct worlds : the sensible world and the intelligible world.

;Hegel In Hegel's philosophy of history, the expression ''Weltgeschichte ist Weltgericht'' (World History is a tribunal that judges the World) is used to assert the view that History is what judges men, their actions and their opinions. Science is born from the desire to transform the World in relation to Man; its final end is technical application.

;Schopenhauer ''The World as Will and Representation'' is the central work of Arthur Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer saw the human will as our one window to the world behind the representation; the Kantian thing-in-itself. He believed, therefore, that we could gain knowledge about the thing-in-itself, something Kant said was impossible, since the rest of the relationship between representation and thing-in-itself could be understood by analogy to the relationship between human will and human body.

;Wittgenstein Two definitions that were both put forward in the 1920s, however, suggest the range of available opinion. "The world is everything that is the case," wrote Ludwig Wittgenstein in his influential ''Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'', first published in 1922. This definition would serve as the basis of logical positivism, with its assumption that there is exactly one world, consisting of the totality of facts, regardless of the interpretations that individual people may make of them.

;Heidegger Martin Heidegger, meanwhile, argued that "the surrounding world is different for each of us, and notwithstanding that we move about in a common world". The world, for Heidegger, was that into which we are always already "thrown" and with which we, as beings-in-the-world, must come to terms. His conception of "world disclosure" was most notably elaborated in his 1927 work ''Being and Time''.

;Freud In response, Freud proposed that we do not move about in a common world, but a common thought process. He believed that all the actions of a person are motivated by one thing: lust. This led to numerous theories about reactionary consciousness.

;Other Some philosophers, often inspired by David Lewis, argue that metaphysical concepts such as possibility, probability and necessity are best analyzed by comparing ''the'' world to a range of possible worlds; a view commonly known as modal realism.

Religion and mythology

Mythological cosmologies often depict the world as centered around an axis mundi and delimited by a boundary such as a world ocean, a world serpent or similar.

See also

Globe

List of sovereign states

Universe

References

External links

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Name	Mario FrangoulisΜάριος Φραγκούλης
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Marios Frangoulis
Birth date	December 18, 1967
Birth place	Rhodesia
Origin	Greece
Instrument	Vocals, violin
Genre	Classical Music, Operatic Pop, Opera
Occupation	Musician, singer, actor
Years active	1988–present
Label	Sony Classical (1998–present)Sony Music Greece (1999–present)
Notable instruments	}}

Mario Frangoulis () (born 1967) is a Greek tenor and is best known for his song, "Vincerò, Perderò". He sings in Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Greek; he is fluent in all 5 languages.

Biography

Early life

Mario Frangoulis was born on December 18, 1966 in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) of Greek parents. When Mario was four years old he was sent to Athens, Greece to live with his maternal aunt Loula and her husband George. The couple adored him so much and Mario considered them as his parents. At the age of eight Mario Frangoulis began singing in various choirs and at the age of eleven he played the part of Issachar in a school production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' to follow by many different roles in several other school theatrical performances, including the Master of Ceremonies in ''Cabaret'' and at sixteen played Tony in ''West Side Story''.

Musical and theatrical studies

When Mario Frangoulis was six years old he started violin lessons which he continued for twelve years, getting a first prize when he was as young as fourteen. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1984, and although he did not further his violin studies, this particular musical training assisted Mario with his operatic studies later in his life.

In 1985, Mario Frangoulis moved to London, where he attended a three-year long professional acting courses at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1988, during his final year, he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, a production in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company for the Arundel Festival. Mario Frangoulis, played the leading role in the James McConnel/Kit Hesketh-Harvey musical ''Orlando'', where he was spotted by Cameron Mackintosh who after an audition offered him the part of Marius in the West End production of ''Les Misérables'' at the Palace Theatre (1988–1989) under the direction of Trevor Nunn. Also in 1989, Mario Frangoulis who had never studied classical singing, received the Maria Callas Scholarship for Opera. After finishing ''Les Misérables'', he went to Italy where he studied with tenor Carlo Bergonzi at the Verdi Academy in Busseto, graduating six months later. After a successful audition with conductor Nicola Rescigno and the renowned tenor Alfredo Kraus, Mario Frangoulis moved to Rome in 1990 and became Kraus' first private student, who traveled with him around the world to study vocal techniques and repertory.

Career and further studies

1990 to 1995

In 1991, Mario Frangoulis was invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber to star as Raoul in ''Phantom of the Opera'' at Her Majesty's Theater. The same year, he appeared alongside Montserrat Caballé, Samuel Ramey and the British Youth Opera in the charity gala 'Serenade to a Princess' at the Whitehall Palace, celebrating the birthday of Diana, Princess of Wales.

In 1992, Mario Frangoulis moved to The United States to continue his operatic studies. With his mentor's Marilyn Horne, suggestion and with the help of the Onassis Scholarship,he completed a three-year long program of vocal courses at the Juilliard School of Music, in New York City as well as studying with soprano Dodi Protero. In 1992, Mario Frangoulis also traveled to Liverpool, where he performed in an Opera Gala celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America, hosted by Sir Peter Ustinov. Appearing artists for this event were as well: Montserrat Caballé, Dmitri Hvorostowki, Julia Migenes-Johnson, Dennis O' Neil, Rita Hunter and the late Alfredo Kraus, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus conducted by Robin Stapleton, in the presence of His Majesty Juan Carlos of Spain and HM Queen Sophia, and HRH Prince Andrew of England.

In the summer of the same year, he sang at the Athens Concert Hall in an opera gala dedicated in memory of the great Maria Callas along with stars of the Greek National Opera. In 1994 he was the first Greek to become a finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti International Competition.

Career

1995

In 1995, Mario Frangoulis returned to London to play the role of Lun-Tha in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical ''The King and I'' during the Covent Garden Festival. This highly acclaimed performance received great comments from a number of newspapers including the Times and ''The Guardian''. He also sang the title role in the musical Yusupov in Oxford as well as Johnny in «Sail away» (Savoy theater in London). In 1995 he participated in the recording of Bernard J. Taylor's rock opera ''Nosferatu the Vampire''. He also sang as a Les Misérables alumni in the Tenth Anniversary Concert of the show at the Royal Albert Hall.

1996

In the summer of 1996, Mario Frangoulis made his debut at the theater of Herodes Atticus, by the Acropolis, in an evening dedicated to the great memory of Leonard Bernstein., with the "Orchestra of Colours" ( a symphony orchestra created by Oscar-winning popular Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis, usually misspelled Manos Hadjidakis), singing excerpts from "West Side Story", "Candide", " Our Town" etc. The following September he returned to the Odeon to play the role of Orpheus in the ''Orpheus Liturgy'', an oratorio that it was broadcast on Greek television. This marked the start of his collaboration with Greek composer Yannis Markopoulos – misspelled as Giannis Markopoulos. He reprised the role of Lun-Tha in a concert version of the musical with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Wally Harper, with Barbara Cook and his 1996 return to the London cast of ''Les Misérables''.

1997–1998

In February 1997, due to his mother's serious illness, Mario Frangoulis returned to Greece to be with her and comfort her as well. There he joined Athens' theatrical scene, notably through his playing Billy Kracker in Kurt Weill's ''Happy End'' with the Karolos Koun Art Theater, directed by George Lazanis, the Lead Bird in Aristophanes' comedy ''The Birds'', directed once more by George Lazanis which was performed in almost every major ancient amphitheater of Greece, such as Epidaurus, Sparta, Filippoi and many more. In September 1997 he was offered the leading role of Danny Zouko in the musical ''Grease'', directed by David Gilmore. Once more, it was a great success with the Greek media and a great start of Mario's popularity with the Greek public. The same season, he appeared in late night shows in the prestigious music hall "Iera Odos", alongside with the Greek star George Dalaras, singing popular Greek, Italian and Spanish songs. This production toured Greece and Europe as well (London, Paris, Brussels, Helsinki, Munchen, Berlin, and Frankfurt) very successfully and it turned out to be the best-selling CD (by EMI Greece), which soon after went platinum. Representatives of Sony Music heard Mario Frangoulis in one of these shows and they arranged him to be introduced to Peter Gelb, the head of Sony Classical. The result of this introduction was, the signing of an exclusive contract for 2 CDs and 3 CDs optional, enabling Mario Frangoulis to start an international recording career at the highest level. His collaboration with prestigious Greek composers continued with his great appearance in the May 1998 Herodes Atticus Theater performance of Mikis Theodorakis' "Axion Esti", a musical rendition of the historic poem "Axion Esti" as well by Nobel prize winner Odysseas Elytis.

1999

In the spring of 1999 he made his first solo show at the Iera Odos music hall., with songs from all over the world, with the participation of Deborah Meyers.They were an overnight sensation, and these appearances were followed by a hugely successful concert tour in Greece and Cyprus the following summer, playing in various venues of 2.000 - 10.000 audience. His first solo album "Fengari erotevmeno" ("Love strucken moon"), a live recording of the show, a double CD by Sony, Greece (with kind permission of Sony Classical), was an immediate best-seller, thus winning him his second platinum album (both in Greece and Cyprus) in two years. .

2000

In July 2000, Mario Frangoulis was the first Greek tenor to perform at La Scala, in Milan as Tony in ''West Side Story''. In August, he sang the title role in Yannis Markopoulos' ''Erotokritos'' at the Herodes Atticus theater, and returned to the same venue, later that month for a solo recital there, to celebrate his ten years anniversary as a professional performer on stage. The repertoire included Greek and international songs. This great production was recorded to a CD and very successfully was toured all over Greece. Mario Frangoulis was invited by the composer Mikis Theodorakis to perform in the ''Machi tis kritis'' concert at the Kallimarmaro amphitheater in a tribute to those who lost their lives in the Battle of Crete. About 85,000 people attended, this wonderful performance.

2001

At the beginning of 2001, Mario Frangoulis took part in a charity opera gala at the Athens Concert Hall, along with stars of the Greek National Opera. That May, he was one of the leading artists in an evening called ''Viva Verdi'', a tribute for the centenary of the composer's death, given at the Novaya Opera of Moscow. This concert also took place in Cyprus the following month. In the summer of 2001 he made his debut in ancient Greek tragedy, played Dionysus in a touring production of Euripides' ''The Bacchae'',also performed at the Herodes Atticus Theater, in Athens. In October of the same year, Mario Frangoulis was one of the leading performers in the international production ''Bravo China'' alongside Nana Mouskouri and famous Chinese artists Liu Huan and Huang Ying, at the Herodes Atticus theater where he performed in both Greek and Chinese.

2002

In March 2002, Mario Frangoulis gave a concert with Deborah Myers at the Athens Concert Hall, singing songs from well-known films. In July of the same year he appeared at the Lycabettus Theater in Athens, for the launching of his first international album 'Sometimes I Dream', and in Thessaloniki as well, in a concert with Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, a performance that included 'Nights in White Satin' This performance was recorded and released on a DVD. In October, Mario Frangoulis began a grand tour around Europe, the USA and Asia in order to promote his new album 'Sometimes I Dream'. In November, his new DVD "Sometimes I Dream" was broadcast on PBS in The United States. At the end of the year, Mario Frangoulis appeared with the Greek singer Maria Farantouri, in the Millennium Festivities on New Year's Eve under the Acropolis in Athens.

2003

On January 30, Mario Frangoulis was invited by the Athens 2004 Olympic Games committee to give a concert at the Athens Olympic Stadium. In March he made his first appearance at the Greek National Opera, where he sang opera arias and duets as well as songs and duets from various musicals with soprano Elena Kelessidou. In June of that year he appeared at the Ulricksdal festival, Stockholm, accompanied by the Swedish Symphonic Orchestra. In August 2003 he performed at the Helsinki Festival. With the Moscow New Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra, he made a hugely successful tour of different cities in Russia and Cyprus, singing arias and duets in a concert with sets and costumes, called «Tribute to Maria Callas» in which he interpreted, among others, Verdi's "Otello".

2004

On New Year's Eve, Mario Frangoulis welcomed the year of 2004 with the Mayor of Athens in an outdoor performance in Syntagma Square, which was broadcast live all over Greece and by satellite all over the world. Also taking part in that concert were Greek stars Alkistis Protopsalti, Konstantinos Markoulakis, Dimitris Papadimitriou as well as the Gypsy Kings. In April he appeared in an evening of celebration in honor of Danai, a Greek singer very famous in the '30s, where he sang —an unusual repertoire for him, songs by Attic, Hairopoulos etc. On May 11, he sang at the Herodes Atticus Theater in a concert for the 550 years of the Great School of the Greeks (a famous Greek institution in Istanbul then Constantinople). The songs were all by Mikis Theodorakis with the Greek Radio Television Symphony Orchestra. The first part included symphonic songs in various languages (Greek, Italian, German, English, French and Chinese) and in the second part, "Axion esti" with Konstantinos Markoulakis as narrator and Mario Frangoulis in the role of the Popular Singer. On May 22, at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, he attended the world premiere of the film ''De-Lovely'',based on the life of Cole Porter, and starring Kevin Klein. Mario Frangoulis played the part of Alfred Drake, a Broadway star of the '60s, and he sang the duet 'So in Love' from ''Kiss Me, Kate'', with Lara Fabian. After the showing of the film, he took part to a concert, with some other artists of the singing cast of the film (Robbie Williams, Nathalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Alanis Morissette, Diana Krall). In July and August, his second foray into the Greek tragedy: the leading role of Achilles in the lost Aeschylus trilogy ''Achilleis'', recently reconstructed from fragments of Aeschylus verses, completed with verses from Homer's "''Iliad''" in a translation of Ilias Malandris directed by Nikos Haralambous, with the Cyprus Theatrical Organization, with prestigious co-stars such as Despina Bebedelli, Dim. Kafkaridis and Jenny Gaitanopoulou. After touring in Cyprus, the performance was presented in Epidaurus on August 6 and 7. In August, Mario Frangoulis also took part in the final concert of the Torch Relay at the Athens Olympic Games. In this event he performed the song 'Here's to the Heroes' for the first time which was shown as part of the UK's BBC Songs of Praise Olympics Special. In September he took part at the inauguration of the Paralympics, to an audience of 90,000. On October 1rst, he deepened his relationship with jazz with an appearance at the Herodes Atticus theater, shared with soprano Barbara Hendrics, singing songs such as "Mack the Knife", "Unforgettable", "When I fall in love", "My baby just don't care for me" and "Feuilles mortes", "I Get a Kick out of You", Cole Porter's "You're the top" and "So in love", finishing with "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye". He then flew to Japan where, on October 11, he gave a concert at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall with the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Shuya Okatu and soprano Maki Mori. He sang songs from "Sometimes I Dream", as well as "O Sole Mio", "Granada", excerpts from Theodorakis' ''Canto General'' and the "Brindisi" from ''La traviata''. In November, he was in the U.K. for eight concerts with soprano Hayley Westenra.In November 2004 Mario Frangoulis' second international album ''Follow your Heart was released''.

2005

During the months of February and March he was in the U.S. for his first American tour of 28 cities with pianist Jim Brickman and Ann Cochran, to promote his album. In April he took a break to give concerts in South Africa (Sun City), with Vicky Sampson. Then he continued his tour visiting Canada, Los Angeles, San Francisco. On May 20, he gave his first solo concert in the U.S., at the New York City Center, with guest artist soprano Liza Vroman. This was followed by two other concerts. One at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore, Maryland and another one at the Sheldon Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. In June he performed at a black-tie event at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Arts Center in Wisconsin. In July, Mario Frangoulis performed his first concert in Istanbul, a sold-out outdoor concert under the auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. He spent the rest of the summer in Greece for his usual concert tour around the country, culminating with the "Music of the Night" concert held in October at the Herodes Atticus theater accompanied by the New Opera of Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Later that month, he took part to Plácido Domingo's concert in Cyprus, featuring Kallen Esperian, accompanied by the Cyprus State Symphony and the Moscow New Opera Symphony Orchestra.

2006

His second successful tour in The United States and later international with a number of solo concerts: January 7 – Solo concert in honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Tampa, Florida at the Sun Dome, with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra,., and the Archdiocesan Metropolitan Youth Choir.

April 6 & 7 – Horatio Alger Award Ceremony Washington, DC

June 10 – Fundraising Gala Event – Sharon Wilson Center, Brookefield, Wisconsin

April 9 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Yellow Ribbon Scholarship Fundraising Event

May 6 – Solo concert at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan

June 16 – Solo Concert – Sanders Theater – sponsored by the Greek Institute at Harvard in Cambridge, MA.

June 24–28 Greek Concert tour (Piraeus, Athens, Thessaloniki etc.)

June 30 – Private Gala Event – Baalbek, Lebanon International Music Festival's 50 years anniversary

July 2, his second concert in Turkey, at the Harbiye outdoor theater in Istanbul

October: at the Herodes Atticus theater, "Tribute to Mario Lanza" concert.

October: debut Concert in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall and at the Landmark Theater in Richmond with the Richmond Symphony.

2007

Mario Frangoulis completed his new album ''Amor Oscuro'' (Skotinos Erotas), dedicated to the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca. In April he performed with Elena Kelessidi and the Baltimore Opera Company orchestra at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore and in October he returned to The United States for a concert in Boston. In December, Mario Frangoulis released another album: "Passione" a collection of songs that Mario Lanza performed.

2008

Mario Frangoulis toured in the United States leg of Sarah Brightman's "Symphony Tour".

2009-2011

Mario Frangoulis had various appearances in great Athenian and other Greek venues in those two years. He was invited by the Special Olympics Committee to take a major part on the opening ceremony of the event in June 2011. Since he loves and adores children, Mario gave a compassionate,loving and warmhearted performance, presenting a song from his new third international album "BEAUTIFUL THINGS", which was first released in a place that occupies a very special spot in Mario's heart: the country of Greece.The album was released in November 2011. The United States and the rest of the world will have the leisure to enjoy it in September 2012.

When not traveling or touring Mario Frangoulis divides his time between Athens, Greece and New York City.

Charity work

Mario Frangoulis as a deeply considerate, faithful and conscientious person has sung in about forty charity galas, such as the Red Cross Annual Ball, held at the Grosvenor House, several galas organized by the Greek foundation Elpida, a charity dedicated to the cure of children who suffer from cancer in Athens,Greece and many others worldwide. As a producer full of loyalty and kindness Mario has organized charity shows and concerts for children in need, such as the one for the Michael S.Polemis Foundation e.t.c.

2002: José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation gala concert in Leipzig, Germany with Plácido Domingo, Harry Belafonte, Sarah Connors and others.

March 2003: charity concert for Action Aid with soprano Elena Kelessidou at the National Greek Opera September 2003: UNESCO concert during the International Conference for the Cultural Management of World Heritage Cities, Rhodes December 2004: "Refugee Voices; a concert for Darfur" – concert in aid of the children of Darfur held at the Royal Albert Hall, London April 2005: Concert for the Horatio Alger Association at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C..

26 January 2005, following the Tsunami devastation in Southern Asia, Mario Frangoulis participated in a fundraising concert, held by the National Television of Greece, in support of the children which lost their families in the disaster.

October 2006: concert in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the benefit of Chicago's Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center November 2007: 'Give Us Your Poor', a benefit concert for the homeless in Boston at The Strand theater He also appears on a compilation album of the same name.

Discography

Personal Discography:

Live DVD:

Sometimes I dream live in concert DVD

Music of the night live CD/DVD in PAL format (12/2006)

Appearances in other Albums:

Apple/Full WS Sub ''Apple'' (1980) A DVD of the movie. Two idealistic folk singers take up residence at a decadent artists' colony run by a sleazy svengali, only to revolt against his bourgeois values. Campy cult fare, with "futuristic" production values that wear the indelible stamp of the 1980s' New Wave.

Bernard J. Taylor: ''Nosferatu the Vampire'' (in the role of Jonathan)

Giannis Markopoulos: Ana-ghennisi: apo tin Venetia stin Poli (sings two songs)

"Con te partiro" Single with George Dalaras

George Dalaras: ''Dalaras in Iera Odos'' (duets with Dalaras)

Cole Porter: ''De Lovely'' (18 October 2004) (Soundtrack of the film; sings the duet "So in love" with Lara Fabian)

Jim Brickman: ''Grace'' (2005) ("Ave Maria" with Jim Brickman)

Various Artists: ''Bravo Act II'' (2006); features artists such as Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Hayley Westenra, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo and Amici Forever (Frangoulis sings track 3, "Adagio")

Various Artists: ''Give Us Your Poor'' (2007) (sings "Feels Like Home")

''Carpe Diem'' duet with Sarah Brightman (2008); A Winter Symphony CD Album

References

Larkin, Colin; John Martland (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage and Film Musicals. London: Virgin in association with Muze UK Ltd. ISBN 0-7535-0375-1.

Rosita Sokou (2006) "O Marios kai go" Athens: Kastaniotis. ISBN 960-03-4126-5

External links

March 2011 interview on Classical-Crossover

Porter Anderson (6 June 2005). "Mario Frangoulis' 'Garden' in spring, A debut in New York, a new CD in Athens". CNN

Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Greek male singers Category:Greek tenors Category:Modern Greek-language singers Category:Juilliard School alumni Category:Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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