Odyssey - By Robert Wilson, after Homer
by Homer
ZILLER BUILDING – MAIN STAGE
The great epic work of ancient Greek poetry tells the story of Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War and what happens when the hero arrives at Ithaca. It is a transcendental tale that has always been the symbolic text par excellence about human adventure and the wanderings of existence in a harsh but exciting world.
Robert Wilson's encounter with Homer is one of the major artistic events of this season. One of the most influential and acclaimed artists in world theatre brings his own unique approach to the material. The sensitivity, inventiveness and imagination of the great American director resonate with the Homeric spirit, creating a spellbinding new theatrical language. Eighteen carefully chosen performers and Wilson's own internationally renowned collaborators bring all their artistry to bear on this unique venture, which is intended for all audiences, regardless of age or experience of the theatre.
A joint production with Milan’s Piccolo Teatro-Teatro di Europa
First performance: 26/10/2012
Last performance: 16/03/2013
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- Concept, Direction, Set and Lighting concept Robert Wilson
- Music Thodoris Ekonomou
- Text Simon Armitage
- Dramaturg Wolfgang Wiens
- Co-director Ann Christin Rommen /
Tilman Hecker - Costume designer Yashi Tabassomi
- Music supervisor Hal Willner
- Collaborator-Set designer Stephanie Engeln
- Collaborative Light designer Scott Bolman
- Translation of text into Greek - Dramaturgical support Giorgos Depastas
- Sound design Studio 19 - Kostas Bokos, Vassilis Kountouris
- Assistant director Natassa Triantafylli
- Assistant set designer Maria Tsangari
- Assistant costume designer Vassiliki Syrma
- Music coach Melina Paionidou
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- Sets, props and costumes realized in the Laboratories of Piccolo Teatro di Milano
- Athena Zeta Douka
- Odysseus Stavros Zalmas
- Anticleia (the ghost of Odysseus’s mother) / Eurycleia (Penelope’s maid) / Arete (Alcinous’s wife) Lydia Koniordou
- Zeus / Alcinous (king of the Phaeacians) / Eumaeus (a swineherd) Alexandros Mylonas
- Calypso / Circe / Penelope Maria Nafpliotou
- Nausica Vicky Papadopoulou
- Hermes / Telemachus Apostolos Totsikas
- Homer / Tiresias Nikitas Tsakiroglou
- Polites (companion of Odysseus) Konstantinos Avarikiotis
- Antiphus (companion of Odysseus)
Thanassis Akokkalidis - Perimedes (companion of Odysseus)
Yorgos Glastras - Eurylochus (companion of Odysseus)
Akis Sakellariou - Sailor (companion of Odysseus)
Giorgos Tzavaras - Alcmaeon (companion of Odysseus) Apostolos Totsikas
- Eurybates (companion of Odysseus)
Giorgis Tsambourakis - Sailor (companion of Odysseus)
Kosmas Fontoukis - Sirens
Zeta Douka, Marianna Kavalieratou, Maria Nafpliotou, Lena Papaligoura - Circe’s maids
Marianna Kavalieratou, Lena Papaligoura - Agelaus (suitor) Thanassis Akokkalidis
- Amphinomus (suitor) Yorgos Glastras
- Antinous (suitor) Akis Sakellariou
- Eurymachus (suitor) Giorgis Tsambourakis
- Punk girl Marianna Kavalieratou
- Gods The company
- The voice of the Cyclops Dimitris Piatas
- Piano Thodoris Economou
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