The opening show of the 56th edition of the Syracuse Greek Theater Festival: is Euripides’ “Le Baccanti”, directed by the Catalan Carlus Padrissa, which Rai Cultura proposes on Saturday 2 July at 9.15 pm on Rai 5. The god Dionysus arrives from the East, with a retinue of Asian Bacchae, to Thebes, where his family does not recognize him or his cult. The women of the court, possessed by the god, flee to the mountains to celebrate the rites, while the old king Cadmus and the soothsayer Tiresias adapt. Only King Pentheus, cousin of the god, rejects that cult and fights the god, but he will be seduced, deceived and persuaded, finally, to follow Dionysus to the mountains, where he is the victim of the delirium of his own mother Agàve, and mistaken for a fair, is killed by her.
The translation of the work is by Guido Paduano. The choreographies are signed by Mireia Romero Miralles, who is also assistant director. Scenes and music are by the director Carlus Padrissa, who is one of the founders of the Fura dels Baus. The direction of the choirs is by Simonetta Cartia. Collaboration in the dramaturgy of Toni Garbini, Michele Salimbeni. The show was recorded at the Greek Theater of Syracuse in July 2021. The television direction is by Marco Odetto, the editorial project by Felice Cappa.
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