Details

Classical myth turns Samurai - Admeto's classical Greek world is re-imagined as the world of the Japanese samurai, very formal, with a strict hierarchy and many rules. Love, jealousy, rage - If you go to hell you probably don't come back the same person. As Alceste returns from Hades to the world of the living, by her side is her spirit-ghost, played by the famous Butoh dancer Tadashi Endo. He interprets her conflicting emotions of love, jealousy and rage until the very end when Alceste is reunited with Admeto and they leave to live happily ever after. The spirit-ghost reminds us in a last dance that we are always accompanied by our shadow from Hades. Staged production sung in Italian with English supertitles. Duration 3 hours 30 minutes approx.

Cast/Performers

Tim Mead (Admeto), Marie Arnet (Alceste), Kirsten Blaise (Antigona), David Bates (Orindo), Andrew Radley (Trasimede), William Berger (Ercole), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Meraspe), Tadashi Endo (Solo dancer)

Creatives/Company

Music: Handel
Company(s): Festspiel Orchester Gottingen, Mamu Dance Theatre
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Director: Doris Dorrie
Design: Bernd Lepel
Costume: Bernd Lepel
Choreographer: Tadashi Endo
Lighting: Linus Fellbom