Oedipus the King

Work of | Sophocles
Director | Robert Carsen
Translator | Francesco Morosi

Dramaturgy | Ian Burton
Sets | Radu Boruzescu
Costumes | Luis F. Carvalho
Music | Cosmin Nicolae
Lightning Design | Robert Carsen, Giuseppe Di Iorio
Movements and Choreography | Marco Berriel
Assistant director | Stefano Simone Pintor

PLOT

Oedipus, the stranger who defeated the Sphinx ten years earlier, reigns in Thebes, as husband of Jocasta and father of 4 children. Led by a priest, his subjects ask him for help against the plague devastating the city.

Oedipus initially seeks the cause indicated by the oracle, the murderer of the previous king, Laius; then he starts searching for his own identity, which a messenger reveals to be different from the one he believed. A cross investigation eventually leads to the truth. Oedipus is the son of Laius, he has unknowingly killed his father, married his mother and generated 4 son-brothers.

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CAST

KING OEDIPUS | Giuseppe Sartori
CHORUS LEADER | Rosario Tedesco
CORIFEA | Elena Polic Greco
CREON | Paolo Mazzarelli
TIRESIAS  | Graziano Piazza
JOCASTA| Maddalena Crippa
FIRST MESSENGER | Massimo Cimaglia
LAIUS’ SERVANT | Antonello Cossia
SECOND MESSENGER | Dario Battaglia
CHORALIST | Giulia Acquasana, Caterina Alinari, Livia Allegri, Salvatore Amenta, Davide Arena, Maria Baio, Antonio Bandiera, Andrea Bassoli, Guido Bison, Victoria Blondeau, Cettina Bongiovanni, Flavia Bordone, Giuseppe Bordone, Vanda Bovo, Valentina Brancale, Alberto Carbone, Irasema Carpinteri, William Caruso, Michele Carvello, Giacomo Casali, Valentina Corrao, Gaia Cozzolino, Gabriele Crisafulli, Simone D’Acuti, Rosario  D’Aniello, Sara De Lauretis, Carlo Alberto Denoyè, Matteo Di Girolamo, Irene Di Maria di Alleri, Corrado Drago, Carolina Eusebietti, Lorenzo Ficara, Manuel Fichera, Caterina Fontana, Enrico Gabriele, Fabio Gambina, Enrica Graziano, Giorgia Greco, Carlo Guglielminetti, Marco Guidotti, Lorenzo Iacuzio, Ferdinando Iebba, Lucia Imprescia , Vincenzo Invernale
Althea Maria Luana Iorio, Elvio La Pira, Domenico Lamparelli, Federica Giovanna Leuci, Rosamaria Liistro, Giusi Lisi, Edoardo Lombardo, Emilio Lumastro, Matteo Magatti, Roberto Marra, Carlotta Maria Messina, Moreno Pio Mondì , Matteo Nigi, Giuseppe Orto, Salvatore Pappalardo, Marta Parpinel, Alice Pennino, Edoardo Pipitone, Gianvincenzo Piro, Bruno Prestigio, Maria Putignano, Riccardo Rizzo, Francesco Ruggiero, Rosaria Salvatico, Jacopo Sarotti, Mariachiara Signorello, Flavia Testa, Sebastiano Tinè, Francesco Torre, Francesca Trianni, Gloria Trinci, Damiano Venuto, Maria Verdi, Federico Zini, Elisa Zucchetti

Choir director | Elena Polic Greco
Stage directors | Angelo Gullotta, Carlotta Toninelli
Staging coordinator | Marco Branciamore
Tailoring coordinator | Marcella Salvo
Audio Coordinator | Vincenzo Quadarella
Head of makeup and wigs | Aldo Caldarella
Costumes made by |Tailoring workshop Inda Foundation
Scenographies realized by | Workshop of scenography Inda Foundation

DATES

MAY

18th/20th/22nd/24th/26th/28th

JUNE

01st/03rd/05th/07th/09th/11th/18th/22nd/24th/26th/29th

JULY

01st/03rd

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