“ANTIGONE ENTOMBED"
Where: LIMASSOL, NICOSIA
When: 16/04/2022 - 18/04/2022
Tickets: €12
Duration: 45'
About the event:
Antigone will be a one-act Chamber Opera, for Mezzo Soprano, String Quartet (Fusionia quartet) and Percussions, by renowned musicians, members of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CYSO).
A dramatic monologue based on the ancient tragedy of Sophocles, translated by Nikos Panagiotopoulos and composed by Voris Sarris.
ATTENDANCE AT THE EVENT IS ALLOWED BY PRESENTING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING :
- Valid Certificate of Complete Vaccination or
- Valid Recovery Certificate covid-19 or
- Negative PCR / Rapid test (72 Hours)
People under the age of 6 can attend the event without any Certificate
More about the event:
Antigone, buried alive in the underground crypt, is in deep despair. She reflects on how things unfolded. She does not regret her act and decided to complete her sacrifice by committing suicide, but her will for life and her love for Aemon stop her. In pain she hesitates, until she makes her final decision.
Opera was born in Italy, as the culmination of the renaissance desire of the restoration of the Classical Civilization. The Opera specifically revives the Ancient Greek tragedy. And since so many other countries have developed this art tremendously, perhaps the time has come for our country, which has in its arsenal the language and culture that inspired this particular “marriage of the muses” as the poets describe it, to approach this type of music seriously and help make the Opera modern again and in interaction with society.
Performers:
Marios Nicolaou - Percussions
Marios Ioannou - Violin
Savvas Lagou - Violin
Elli Aloneftou Mezzo - Soprano
Sorin Alexandru Horlea - Viola
Robert Grod - Cello
