Theofrastos Sakellaridis

Theophrastos Sakellaridis (Θεόφραστος Σακελλαρίδης) (7 September 1883 – 2 January 1950), was a Greek composer, conductor, and basic creator of Greek operetta. Sakellaridis was born in Athens on 7 September 1883. His mother came from Hydra and his father from Litochoro.

He took his first courses of music by his father, Ioannis Sakellaridis. He studied in Athens, Germany, and Italy.

In 1903, Sakellaridis gave concerts with his own compositions in the Musical Academy of Munich, as well as in Italy and Egypt.

He wrote about 80 operettas, many of them in his own libretto, five operas, various songs and music for revues.

Sakellaridis died in Athens on 2 January 1950.