Zorba celebrates in Beirut

Bechara Merhej* On this day in March 1973, the famous Greek musician Mikis Theodorakis visited Beirut at the invitation of his friend Toros Siranosian. As part of this invitation, he performed four musical evenings in Byblos and the Casino du Liban. The most prominent of the songs he performed was, of course, the beautiful and world-class song "Zorba," in which Theodorakis combined his vast imagination and delicate musical sense with glimpses of…