Antigone - Oper in zwei Akten

composer: Mikis Theodorakis librettist: Mikis Theodorakis interpreter: Wladimir Feljaer - Juri Kovalenko - Irina Liogkaja - Peter Migounov - Leonid Repin - Emilia Titarenko - Eugeni Witshnewski choir: St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Choir conductor: Alexandr Chernoushenko orchestra/ensemble: St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Orchestra Emilia Titarenko (Antigone) / Juri Worobiow (Oedipus) / Wladimir Feljaer (Creon) / Irina Liogkaja (Jocasta) / Peter Migounov (Eteocles) / Eugeni Witshnewski (Polynices) / Leonid Repin (Haemon) / Juri Kovalenk (Coryphaeus) / St. Petersburg State Acadmie Capella Orchestra & Choir / Alexandr Chernoushenko: conductor The composer wrote the libretto for his opera Antigone himself. In it, he not only refers to Sophocles Antigone, but also to other classical material such as Oedipus At Colonus by the same tragedian, Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes and The Phonician Women by Eurpipides. Short summary: In a pantomimic prologue, Oedipus son Eteocles seizes the throne and the royal insignia while his brother Polynices is out of the country. In the first scene, Oedipus leaves the city with his daughter Antigone, though not without criticizing the Thebans policy of self-betraying submission. In the second scene, Eteocles appears, in preparation for battle against his brother who has besieged Thebes. Jocasta, mother of both, desperately attempts to pacify the brothers and allay her worst fears. Her efforts fail, the brothers kill each other, and Jocasta commits suicide. In the next scene, Creon accedes to the throne whilst Antigone mourns deeply. Creon orders a state funeral for Eteocles. Polynices, however, is to be left unburied, exposed to animals and decomposition. Whosoever ignores this order risks the death penalty. When Antigone breaks the law and attempts to bury her brother, she is arrested and condemned according to Creons inhumane orders. Haemon, who is Creons son and engaged to Antigone, tries in vain to change his fathers mind. In the final scene, the couple sing to love invincible in battle, united in death.