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Messenger) Chorus: Nikolas Arkadiou, Giorgos Onisiforou, Ravi Saundankar, Lefkios Demosthenous, Konstantinos Melides The Festival presented two more productions connected to the legend of the Atridae which were not adaptations, Sophocles’ Electra and Aeschylus’ The Eumenides. Electra Electra was presented by the Greek Theatre Company ‘Morphes Ekphrasis’. The performance paid homage to Dimitris Rondiris on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the passing of the great director and teacher. Electra strives to continue her life after her mother murders her father, but she is obsessed with taking revenge. Her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades return to Argos to avenge Agamemnon’s murder. Orestes kills his mother, Clytaemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus. Translation: Ioannis Griparis Direction: Thomas Kindinis Set design-Costumes: Anna Sevasti Tzima Music: Pan Kaperneka, Constantinos Roumelis Cast: Thomas Kindinis (Tutor to Orestes), Giannis Costaras (Orestes),Constantinos Roumelis (Pylades), Zoi Nalmpanti (Electra), Vlasia Ververi and Kleoniki Karachaliou (Chrysothemis), Elena Orfanidou, Sofia Lymperi (Clytaemnestra), Thomas Kindinis (Aegisthus) Chorus: Anna Sevasti Tzima, Vlasia Ververi, Kleoniki Karachaliou, Nancy Klampatsa, Evgenia Papadaki, Elena Orfanidou, Mikaela Zannou, Polina Lamprianidou, Sofia Lymperi, Angeliki Pardalidou, Eleana Finokalioti, Chrisi Gerardi, Foteini Kapellaki, Chrysa Pyli, Asteropi Charitidou, Paraskevi Politi The Eumenides The Ruth Kanner Theatre Group, an Israeli company, presented The Eumenides, by Aeschylus, based on the magnificent translation by poet Ted Hughes. The Eumenides is the third play in the trilogy Oresteia: the first two are Agamemnon and Libation Bearers. Supernatural powers, the Furies, chase Orestes, who has killed his mother. He takes refuge in the temple of the goddess Athena, who founds the first court of justice. Orestes is acquitted of the murder of his mother, Clytaemnestra, who had murdered his father, Agamemnon, and the vindictive Furies are convinced to give up their pursuit of vengeance. The danger of inflamed violence is real and aweinspiring in context of our modern world. Athena’s warnings are particularly relevant, as if they had been uttered today: “Do not madden our young men, with the hiss of the whetstone, and the dream of the plunging blade…” Director: Ruth Kanner Music: Mika Danny Lighting Design: Shaked Vax Cast: Ronen Babluki (Orestes), Assaf Degani (Apollo), Milli Ravid (Athena), Sharron Harnoy (The ghost of Clytaemnestra), Neta Nadav (Priestess) Chorus of the Furies: Shirley Gal Segev, Tali Kark, Adi Meirovitch, Sharron Harnoy, Neta Nadav Musician: Avshalom Ariel The Assembly Women Two comedies by Aristophanes, The Assembly Women and Frogs, blew a fresh breeze toward festival goers who came to enjoy ancient Greek comedy under the starry Cyprus sky. The Assembly Women was presented by the Neos Cosmos Theatre, Greece; the performance was based on a free translation of the original text by Vassilis Mavrogeorgiou. What would happen in a city if all citizens had communal property rights and a “communal bed”? Would a law which demands that no man may sleep with a pretty young woman, unless he first sleeps with an ugly old one, be fair? The women of Athens, under the leadership of Praxagora, certainly thought so! Disguised as men, they appear in the Assembly, where they support the transfer of power to women. They win, and hence everything seems possible! Direction: Vangelis Theodoropoulos Free Translation: Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou Music: Thanos Mikroutsikos Set Design-Costumes: Angelos Mentis Choreography: Angeliki Stellatou Lighting design: Sakis Birbillis Music instruction: Thanasis Apostolopoulos Cast: Daphne Lamprogianni (Praxagora), Kostas Koklas (Blepyrus), Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos (Young 38
The Eumenides Antigone man), Pantelis Dentakis (Chremes), Nikos Kardonis (First man), Stratos Christou (Second man), Georgia Georgoni (Young woman) Chorus: Mary Saousopoulou, Ntini Renti, Polyxeni Aklidi, Eirini Georgalaki, Maria Georgiadou, Georgia Georgoni, Andri Theodotou, Katerina Maoutsou, Sotiria Rouvoli, Eirini Fanarioti, Elena Hatjiafxenti The Frogs The Frogs was presented by Magdalena Zira and Fantastic Theatre, her theatre company. Zira adapted the play using Vayos Liapis’s new translation and combined innovative and traditional elements with music by Lefteris Moumtzis. Using the text as a foundation and inspired by the similarities between the play’s social framework and that of modern society, the direction and adaptation recasts The Frogs to reflect our current reality. The Frogs is a delightful comedy in which the god of drama himself, Dionysus, appears. Translation: Vaios Liapis Direction/Adaptation: Magdalena Zira Set Design: Demetris Alithinos Costumes: Elena Katsouri Composer: Lefteris Moumtzis Choreography: Chloe Melidou Music supervision: Sophronis Sophroniou Cast: Valentinos Kokkinos (Dionysus), Demetris Antoniou (Xanthias, Aeschylus), Michalis Sophocleous (Heracles, Pluto), Marinos Konsolos (Leader of the Chorus, Aeacus, Maid), Marina Vronti (Charon, Euripides, Plathani) Chorus of Frogs: Demetris Antoniou, Michalis Sophocleous, Marinos Konsolos, Marina Vronti, Andrea Demetriou, Marcos Ioulios Droushiotis, Maritsa Elia Antigone The Festival closed with Tommaso Traetta’s opera, Antigone, presented by Skull of Yorick Productions, UK. Antigone was directed by Zamira Pascieri and Kassandra Dimopoulou. Based on Sophocles’ tragedy, the work of the Italian composer Tommaso Traetta is presented in a new, groundbreaking production. Traetta’s music is delivered in a contemporary performance that blends modern sounds with Baroque music and the music of the ancient world. Antigone represents an innovative step for opera by combining traditional, classical and electronic instruments. Creon, king of Thebes, prohibits the burial of Polynices, who rose against Thebes, the city of his birth, and tried to conquer it. His sister, Antigone, convinced to follow divine law rather than arbitrary state law, secretly buries her brother and is sentenced to death. Not even Haemon, the son of Creon, who loves Antigone and protests against his father’s decree, manages to save her. Directors: Zamira Pasceri – Kassandra Dimopoulou Costumes/Set Design: ARTLUXE Orchestration: Philip Modinos Cast: Jenny Drivala (Antigone), Philip Modinos (Creon), Kassandra Dimopoulou (Iseme), Louisa Petais (Haemon),Marios Andreou (Priest/Guard) Chorus: Depi Mavropoulou (leader), Panikos Loizou, Marios Fylakoudias, Andreas Fylakoudias, Andreas Stylianou, Konstantinos Stylianou, Dimitris Nikoloulopoulos, Panagiotis Nikoloulopoulos, Frixos Nikoloulopoulos, Antonis Eyripidou, Giorgos Proto- 39
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