The Oresteia

Aeschylus

National Theatre of Greece, Athens, Greece

Director: Theodoros Terzopoulos

Greek with English and Hungarian subtitles

3 hours 20 minutes with 1 breaks.

Why does The Oresteia continue to exert such a tremendous attraction? One answer might be our need for a deeper relationship with Myth. The myth of The Oresteia is dangerous, belonging to the world of the strange and unknown, arousing terror because it reveals the intractable, the violent, and the deepest laws that cannot be tamed. Clytemnestra invites us to join in breaking the mirror, so that a new nightmarish image will be created from its shards, while the dark roots of the myth are preserved. We intend to dig deep into the myth of The Oresteia and to search for the unpredictable, the unusual, and the paradoxical. The characters offer their bodies at the altar of the unfamiliar, posing constant questions and dilemmas. The aesthetics of the production arise from the dynamic relationship of the Body with Myth, Time and Memory. We once again ask the fundamental ontological question, “What is it about?”, a question to which there are no definitive answers, but which constantly drives us towards ever deeper research into the roots of sounds, words, the multidimensionality of the human enigma, and the reconstruction of a new Myth.

Theodoros Terzopoulos

AESCHYLUS: THE ORESTEIA

AGAMEMNON

Cast
Watchman / Leader of the Chorus - Tasos Dimas
Clytemnestra - Sophia Hill
Herald - Dinos Papageorgiou
Agamemnon - Savvas Stroumpos
Cassandra - Evelyn Assouad
Aegisthus - David Malteze

Chorus (in alphabetical order)
Babis Alefantis, Aspasia Batatoli, Nikos Dasis, Katerina Dimati, Natalia Georgosopoulou, Katerina Hill, Ellie Iggliz, Vasilina Katerini, Thanos Magklaras, Elpiniki Marapidi, Anna Marka Bonissel, Lygeri Mitropoulou, Rosy Monaki, Stavros Papadopoulos, Vangelis Papagiannopoulos, Michalis Psalidas, Myrto Rozaki, Yannis Sanidas*, Pyrros Theofanopoulos, Alexandros Tountas

THE LIBATION BEARERS

Cast

Leader of the Chorus - Tasos Dimas
Orestes - Konstantinos Kontogeorgopoulos
Pylades - Konstantinos Zografos
Electra - Niovi Charalambous
Servant - Alexandros Tountas
Clytemnestra - Sophia Hill
Nurse - Ellie Iggliz
Aegisthus - David Malteze

Chorus
Babis Alefantis, Evelyn Assouad, Aspasia Batatoli, Nikos Dasis, Katerina Dimati, Natalia Georgosopoulou, Katerina Hill, Ellie Iggliz, Vasilina Katerini, Thanos Magklaras, Elpiniki Marapidi, Anna Marka Bonissel, Lygeri Mitropoulou, Rosy Monaki, Stavros Papadopoulos, Vangelis Papagiannopoulos, Michalis Psalidas, Myrto Rozaki, Yannis Sanidas/ Giulio Germano Cervi, Pyrros Theofanopoulos

THE EUMENIDES

Cast
Prophet - Anna Marka Bonissel
Apollo - Nikos Dasis
Orestes - Konstantinos Kontogeorgopoulos
Ghost of Clytemnestra - Sophia Hill
Athena - Aglaia Pappa
Athenian citizen - Tasos Dimas

Chorus (in alphabetical order)
Babis Alefantis, Evelyn Assouad, Aspasia Batatoli, Katerina Dimati, Natalia Georgosopoulou, Katerina Hill, Ellie Iggliz, Vasilina Katerini, Thanos Magklaras, Elpiniki Marapidi, Anna Marka Bonissel, Lygeri Mitropoulou, Rosy Monaki, Stavros Papadopoulos, Dinos Papageorgiou, Vangelis Papagiannopoulos, Michalis Psalidas, Myrto Rozaki, Yannis Sanidas/Giulio Germano Cervi, Pyrros Theofanopoulos, Konstantinos Zografos

Translation - Eleni Varopoulou
Direction and adaptation -Theodoros Terzopoulos
Associate director - Savvas Stroumpos
Sets, Costumes, Lighting - Theodoros Terzopoulos
Original music - Panagiotis Velianitis
Dramaturgical adviser - Maria Scicchitano
Dramaturg - Irene Moundraki
Directing assistant - Theodora Patiti
Associate costume designer - Panagiota Kokkorou
Associate set designer - Sokratis Papadopoulos
Associate lighting designer - Konstantinos Bethanis
Artistic associate - Maria Vogiatzi
Hair design - Konstantinos Koliousis
Make-up design - Olga Faleichyk

Main Stage

9 May 2025, 18:00

Theodoros Terzopoulos

Theodoros Terzopoulos was born in Makrygialos village. He founded Attis Theatre Company in Delphi in 1985.

He has directed ancient tragedies, opera and the most leading modern plays in Greece and in famous theatres worldwide. Over 37 years he has presented more than 2200 performances worldwide. His approach to the classic Greek tragedy is part of the curriculum in Theatre Academies and Departments of Classical Studies. He leads many workshops, lectures about his method, and is an Emeritus professor in Academies and Universities. Since 2013 he has held the annual international summer workshop “The Return of Dionysus - The Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos” for young artists. He has received many international Theatre Awards. Books on his acting method and Attis Theatre, including The Return of Dionysus in which he explains his method, have been published in many languages.

He has been artistic director of theatre institutions, such as:
Director of the Drama School of the State Theatre of Northern Greece (1981-1983), Artistic Director of the International Meetings on Ancient Drama in Delphi (1985 – 1988, 1995 – 2004), Founding member of the International Institute of Mediterranean Theatre (since 1990), Founder and Chairman of the International Committee of Theatre Olympics (since 1995), Founder and Artistic Director of the International Meetings of Ancient Drama in Sikyon Municipality (since 2005).

Photo: Johanna Weber

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