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The Greek National Opera is the state lyric opera company, supervised by the Ministry of Culture, and is housed in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Kallithea, designed by Renzo Piano, completed in 2016 and donated to the Greek state in 2017. The Athens State Orchestra is based in Athens. The Athens-Epidaurus Festival was founded in 1955 and includes performances in the ancient theatre of Epidaurus. Nikos Skalkottas and Mikis Theodorakis were Greek composers of the twentieth century.