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composer: Mikis Theodorakis
librettist: Mikis Theodorakis
author of original text: Sophokles - Aeschylus - Euripides

Tragédie lyrique in two acts, AST 298

Libretto after texts by Aischylos, Sophokles and Euripides by Mikis Theodorakis

Dedication: Dedicated to Bellini
Premiere: October 7, 1999 Athens, Megaron Mousikis (GR) · Conductor: Loukas Karytinos · Kratiki Athino · Choir of the National Lyric Stage · Staging: Vassilis Nikolaidis (scenic performance)
Orchestra instrumentation: pic.2.2.ca.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.4perc(vib, cow bell, bell, sus cym, cym(pair), tam-t, tamb, tom-t, bng, military drum, b.d, wdbl)-str
Cast of characters: Antigone · soprano - Oedipus · bass - Creon · baritone - Eteocles · baritone - Polynices · tenor - Jocasta · mezzo-soprano - Haemon · tenor - Coryphaeus · bass-baritone - mixed choir
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 135' 0''
Year of composition: 1994/1996
Edition: full score
Language: Greek
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The Little Cyclades

Mikis Theodorakis’ libretto for Antigonae is based on Sophocles’ tragedy of the same name, but also incorporates sections of ’Seven against Thebes’ by Aeschylus and ’The Phoenicians’ by Euripides. The work focuses on the conflict of two utterly different characters: the personification of earthly power (Eteocles) on the one hand and of religious duty on the other hand (Polyneices/Antigone). ’In the political dimensions of the drama which provide a particular inspiration for Theodorakis, the composer recognises the eternal element of the myth and above all a relationship to modern Greek history.’ (Ilias Giannopoulos)