Ορέστεια in a translation by Maciej Słomczyński
Drama-opera in coproduction of the National Theatre and the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera
The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving example of a complete ancient trilogy - is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for European arts. For centuries, people have drawn upon the myth of Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover to avenge his murdered father.
The production’s authors explore the archetype of the Family. The story of the Atridae enables them to offer their own personal thoughts on the complexity of family relations. “Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life”, wrote the great religious scholar Joseph Campbell.
duration: 2 hrs 40 min, including: 1 intermission
Conductor: Wojciech Rodek
Director: Maja Kleczewska
Music: Agata Zubel
Adaptation: Łukasz Chotkowski
Stage designer and lights: Katarzyna Borkowska
Video projections: Bartosz Nalazek
Stage movement: Cezary Tomaszewski
Choreography and performance of the dance sequence on ropes: Anna Sąsiadek
Fot. Krzysztof Bieliński
Cast:
CLYTEMNESTRA Danuta Stenka
AGAMEMNON Mirosław Konarowski
CASSANDRA Wiktoria Gorodeckaja
ORESTES Sebastian Pawlak (guest appearance)
ELECTRA Kamilla Baar
AGISTOS Paweł Paprocki
AGISTOS Robert Jarociński
AGISTOS Wojciech Solarz
AGISTOS / APOLLO Przemysław Stippa
CHOIR LEADER / NANNY / FURY Anna Chodakowska
Soloists
ATHENA Tomasz Piluchowski
APOLLO Artur Stefanowicz
Percussion solo: Leszek Lorent
Chorus and musicans of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera:
Sopranos: Anna Adamko, Magdalena Freino, Katarzyna Grabska-Miroszczuk,
Justyna Kabała, Magdalena Majlert-Strzałka, Joanna Michalska
Altos: Joanna Jękot-Bajtlik, Monika Kowalska, Marzanna Pogłud-Kisielewska, Dagmara Sokalska, Beata Ułas, Katarzyna Zimak
Tenors: Tomasz Borkowski, Igor Buczyński, Robert Dullas, Maciej Dunin-Borkowski, Adam Miroszczuk, Michał Zambrzycki
Basses: Radosław Flasza, Piotr Gałecki, Michał Harasym, Jacek Kostoń, Marcin Maciak, Artur Żołnach
Musicians (percussion instruments): Katarzyna Bojaryn, Jan Smoczyński
A truly great show, Maja Kleczewska and Agata Zubel’s opera-drama requires Poland’s two largest stage companies to join forces: the Polish National Opera and the National Theatre. The two artists have worked together before, on the highly acclaimed Sudden Rain/Between and the monumental Marat-Sade based on Weiss at the National Theatre, a production that has earned the reputation of a major theatrical event of recent seasons. Aeschylus’ The Oresteia, the only trilogy of ancient theatre preserved in its entirety, is a raw and shocking piece about the tragic curse that afflicts the Pelopides. It causes murder after murder to befall consecutive generations, there is no end to the settling of accounts: “Death here – death there, he who killed must pay with blood”. The central events in this tragedy are the murder of Agamemnon and Orestes’ revenge. The final part of the trilogy shows the madness of Orestes as he is pursued by the Furies and finally a court in which gods also take part and which breaks the cycle of revenge and murder.
TERYTORIA (TERRITORIES). A series for the Chamber Hall. Presentation of 20th ans 21st century works of opera and ballet which are almost absent from Polish theatres. Modern, sophisticated, contemporary, exploring extreme, sometimes ultimate emotional states, they are usually inspired by great works of literature, while their music does not let one easily forget itself.
TERYTORIA (TERRITORIES) is an attempt to seek new aesthetic qualities and forms of expression, to delineate innovatory veins, to release unknown visions and associations. To collaborate on the pieces, Polish National Opera invites the most interesting contemporary musical, theatrical and visual artists.
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