Anagoor's Oresteia at Romaeuropa Festival Blends Ancient Tragedy with Multimedia

The Italian company Anagoor brings their Oresteia to the Romaeuropa Festival at Teatro Argentina in Rome on October 2 and 3, 2018. The production, which premiered at the Venice Biennale where it won the Silver Lion, explores the sense of the sacred through classical Greek tragedy. Director Simone Derai compresses the text into a four-hour continuum, mixing ancient language with multimedia elements including filmed slaughterhouse images. The chorus leader Marco Menegoni guides the audience through themes of memory, violence, and justice. Armenian actress Gayané Movsisyan plays Cassandra, the foreigner whose language no one understands yet who alone perceives the future. The performance juxtaposes the ancient collective theatrical experience with today's narcissistic 'Me' generation, offering reflection on violence and responsibility.