It does not seek to reinterpret the myth but takes another look at its enigmas and brightness, with the Orphic melos the fuller music that extends into the harmony of poetry, ideas and images as models. The greatest musician and poet of Greek myth, Orpheus' tale is one of love, death and the eternal human desire to understand the essence of life.

The four actors will make the story unfold under the eyes of the spectators, with the technical side of the process remaining visible. The “technicians” or manipulators of the sound, music and visual space are Dionysus and a Maenad, or Hades and Persephone. Orpheus creates or determines the music of poetry, ideas and images.

One source introduces Orpheus as the son of Apollo, another as an initiator of the Dionysian mysteries. His mother, Calliope, is the muse of epic poetry and eloquence. Orpheus is harmony achieved painstakingly, sometimes tragically. Upon losing Eurydice, he descends to the underworld and, by the beauty of his song, obtains the absolute exception: the gods agree to allow Eurydice's return with him to earth. There is one condition: he will lose her forever if he looks back before he arrives on earth. Is his turning back to Eurydice a temptation he cannot resist because of his human side? Is it a lack of confidence in the word of gods? Is it a deadly impatience to see his lover's face again? The myth abandons Orpheus oscillating between his godly and human halves, like the perfect emblem of the artist. Orpheus, who has broken both the human and the godly law and has created poetry between them.

Nona Ciobanu

The performance was invited to

East Meets East Festival, UK, and it was presented at The Junction Cambridge, Colchester Arts Centre and Norwich Playhouse
Dublin Fringe Festival, Ireland , and it was presented at Project Arts Centre
Atelier International Theatre Festival, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania

Opera-in-Concert Multimedia Performances

LELIO

FANTASTIC SYMPHONY

OTHELLO

THE DEAD CITY

THE ROMANIAN POEM

MOSES and ARON

THE BLUEBEARD CASTEL

Nona Ciobanu