Lyric Theater of Crete (LYTHEC) is a cultural non profit organisation founded in 2018. It is based in Heraklion and aims to promote classical singing and lyric theater in Crete, by organizing recitals, concerts, seminars and opera productions. President and Artistic Director of LYTHEC is the classical singer Manos Christofakakis and General Secretariat is the conductor Ioannis Protopapas. LYTHEC is registered in the portal of cultural institutions of the Ministry of Culture of Greece.