The palaces of Thebes are full of supplicants begging King Oedipus to help the people. The plague that has decimated the city has alarmed the king himself, who has requested the advice of the oracle at Delphi. The oracle predicts that the Thebes will be saved as soon as the person responsible for the death of King Laius is found and expelled from the city. Oedipus begins an investigation. The deeper he goes, the closer it brings him to the truth: that he himself, who had saved Thebes from the scourge of the Sphinx, was now responsible for the moral pollution of the city. An old prophecy was shown to have been true. However much he tried to avoid his fate, his every action led him towards it. The only way open to him now is exile.
Sophocles Oedipus the King, perhaps the most iconic ancient Greek tragedy, belongs to the Theban cycle. According to the sources, it was performed for the first time in 425 BCE, during the Peloponnesian War, when plague had decimated the population of Athens. The work examines the individual in respect of personal freedom, power, society and divine will,
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Πρόγραμμα Περιοδείας
- 29/07/2016 21:00Epidaurus Ancient Theatre
- 30/07/2016 21:00Epidaurus Ancient Theatre
- 22/09/2016 21:00Odeon of Herodes Atticus
- 07/11/2016 21:00Eug. Vakhtangov, Moscow
- 12/11/2016 21:00Eug. Vakhtangov, Moscow
- 13/11/2016 21:00Eug. Vakhtangov, Moscow
creation team
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Rimas Tuminas
Director -
Adomas Jacovskis
Set designer -
Maksim Obrezkov
Costume designer -
Faustas Latenas
Composer -
Theodore Abazis
Composer of choral parts -
Angelica Cholina
Choreographer -
Dmitry Trubothckin
Dramaturg & Academic Consultant -
Elsa Andrianou
Translator of choral parts from ancient into modern Greek -
Melina Peonidou
Vocal coaching of Choral Parts -
Irina Gromova
Αssistant Director -
Narek Tumanian
Lighting Designer -
Ruslan Knushevitskiiy
Sound Designer
cast
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Victor Dobronravov
Oedipus -
Evgeny Kosyrev
Priest -
Eldar Tramov
Creon -
Vitalys Semenovs
Chorus Leader -
Evgeny Knyazev
Teiresias -
Liudmila Maksakova
Jocasta -
Valery Ushakov
Corinthian Messenger -
Artur Ivanov
Theban Shepherd -
Maxim Sevrinovskiy
Messenger, from the household of Oedipus -
Ekaterina Simonova
Lady, from the household of Oedipus -
Pavel Yudin
Soldier -
Irina Gromova
Boy -
Ilya Algaer
chorus -
David Malteze
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Afroditi Antonaki
Children -
Panagiotis Athanasopoulos
chorus -
David Malteze
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Georgia Mitropoulou
Children -
Thanasis Vlavianos
chorus -
Sokratis Patsikas
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Giorgos Gallos
chorus -
Giorgos Stamos
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Dimitris Georgiadis
chorus -
Spiros Tsekouras
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Kostas Korakis
chorus