Alcesti
by Euripide
PLOT
After being forced to serve in the household of Admetus (king of Pherae in Thessaly) to atone for a sin, the god Apollo persuaded the Fates to grant the man escape death on the condition that another sacrifice himself for him. Only his wife, Alcestis, agreed, and despite Apollo’s efforts, he was unable to save her from Death. And so, Alcestis approached her death, having received from her husband a promise not to replace her with other women. After Alcestis’s death, Heracles also arrived in Pherae: during a break from his labors, the hero asked Admetus for hospitality, which he granted even though he was grieving. From a slave, Heracles learned that the dead woman was Admetus’s wife, and he resolved to face Death and bring Alcestis back to her husband, among the living. After persuading him to unveil the woman, Admetus discovered that she was his wife, who must remain silent for three days before being fully restored to life.
ARTISTS
Work by
Euripide
Translation
Elena Fabbro
Director
Filippo Dini
Music
Paolo Fresu
Scenes
Gregorio Zurla
Costumes
Alessio Rosati
Movements
Alessio Maria Romano
Pasquale Mari
Arianna Sorci
Giulia Giannino
Giuseppe Orto
Giovanni Ragusa
co-production with Teatro Stabile Veneto
CAST
Apollo
Alessio Del Mastro
Thanatos
Luigi Bignone
Ancella
Sandra Toffolatti
Alcesti
Deniz Ozdogan
Admeto
Aldo Ottobrino
Eumelo, figlio di Alcesti
Giorgio Signorelli, Riccardo Scalia
Figlia di Alcesti
Maria Sole Gennuso
Eracle
Denis Fasolo
Ferete
Filippo Dini
Servo
Bruno Ricci
Capo coro
Carlo Orlando
Coro
Simonetta Cartia
Coro
Gennaro Di Biase
Coro
Riccardo Gamba
Coro
Lucia Limonta
Coro
Margherita Mannino
Coro
Carolina Rapillo
Coro
Ottavia Sanfilippo
Coro
Roberto Serpi
Coro
Chiarastella Sorrentino
Coro
Dalila Toscanelli
Coro – Accademia d’Arte del Dramma Antico
Irene Barbacini, Margherita De Boni, Lucrezia Lamazza, Eleonora Panetta, Sandra Josefina Javier Perez, Dorotea Samperi, Chiara Vitanzi, Dora Ekundayo, Trevisani Akitunde, Arianna Angioli, Margherita Cinardi, Anastasia Cino, Maria Rita Sofia Di Stasio, Virginia Giannone, Alessandra Giovannetti, Angelica Rampin, Gioia Maria Sanfilippo, Maria Clelia Sciacca, Sarah Gisella Simeoni, Allegra Azzurro, Claudia Bellia, Carla Bongiovanni, Gaia Lerda, Giulia Maroni, Erika Roccaforte, Francesca Totti, Samuele Cannoni, Eddye Di Meo, Davide Pandalone.
CAST
 Apollo Alessio Del Mastro |
Thanatos Luigi Bignone |
 Ancella Sandra Toffolatti |
 Alcesti Deniz Ozdogan |
 Admeto Aldo Ottobrino |
Eumelo, figlio di Alcesti Giorgio Signorelli, Riccardo Scalia |
Figlia di Alcesti Maria Sole Gennuso |
 Eracle Denis Fasolo |
 Ferete Filippo Dini |
 Servo Bruno Ricci |
 Capo Coro Carlo Orlando |
 Coro Simonetta Cartia |
 Coro Gennaro Di Biase |
 Coro Riccardo Gamba |
 Coro Lucia Limonta |
 Coro Margherita Mannino |
 Coro Carolina Rapillo |
 Coro Ottavia Sanfilippo |
 Coro Roberto Serpi |
 Coro Chiarastella Sorrentino |
 Coro Dalila Toscanelli |
Coro – Accademia d’Arte del Dramma Antico
Irene Barbacini, Margherita De Boni, Lucrezia Lamazza, Eleonora Panetta, Sandra Josefina Javier Perez, Dorotea Samperi, Chiara Vitanzi, Dora Ekundayo, Trevisani Akitunde, Arianna Angioli, Margherita Cinardi, Anastasia Cino, Maria Rita Sofia Di Stasio, Virginia Giannone, Alessandra Giovannetti, Angelica Rampin, Gioia Maria Sanfilippo, Maria Clelia Sciacca, Sarah Gisella Simeoni, Allegra Azzurro, Claudia Bellia, Carla Bongiovanni, Gaia Lerda, Giulia Maroni, Erika Roccaforte, Francesca Totti, Samuele Cannoni, Eddye Di Meo, Davide Pandalone.