Agamemnon & The Libation Bearers

International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2016

The Krefeld and Mönchengladbach Theatre gGmbH, the biggest theatre in the Lower Rhine region in the west of Germany, presents the two tragedies of Aeschylus’ trilogy Oresteia, Agamemnon and The Libation Bearers (The Choephori), translated by Peter Stein and directed by Matthias Gehrt.

Agamemnon, the victor of the ten year war of Troy, returns to Argos. There his wife Clytemnestra, mother of Orestes and lover of Aegisthus welcomes him as a victor and murders him shortly after he has entered the palace, without any qualms, as a revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia. At the same time she assists Aegisthus to become King of Argos. In the second part of the trilogy, The Libation Bearers, the exiled Orestes returns home to take revenge for his father’s murder.

Aeschylus decodes profound realities of the human soul and thought.

▪ With Greek and English surtitles

Translated by Peter Stein
Directed by Matthias Gehrt
Stage Designer: Gabriele Trinczek
Costume Designer: Sibylle Gädecke
Music: Jörg Ostermayer
Choreographer: Robert North
Dramaturge, Production Manager: Martin Vöhringer
Stage Manager: Petra Hackbarth
Assistant to the Director: Sascha Mey

Cast:
Clytemnestra: Eva Spott
Agamemnon, Choir of elders of Argos: Joachim Henschke
Cassandra, Choir of slave women: Helen Wendt
Aegisthus, Choir of elders of Argos: Bruno Winzen
Orestes, Choir of elders of Argos: Cornelius Gebert
Electra, Servant: Esther Keil
Pylades, Choir of elders of Argos: Ronny Tomiska
Choir of elders of Argos: Jonathan Hutter
Choir of elders of Argos: Adrian Linke
Choir of elders of Argos: Paul Steinbach
Messenger, Choir of elders of Argos: Christopher Wintgens
Servant, Choir of slave women, Nurse: Lena Eikenbusch
Choir of slave women: Paula Emmrich

▪ Tuesday, 5 July│Curium Ancient Theatre
▪ Thursday, 7 July│Makarios III Amphitheatre, Nicosia

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