CALTANISSETTA. There is great anticipation for the representation of the Tragedy “Orestes” by Euripides directed by Giuseppe Cutino which will be performed at the Teatro Rosso of San Secondo on May 24th at 9pm. It was organized by the Liceo Classico Ruggero Settimo of which he is the school director the teacher. Irene Collerone.
The Orestes presents itself as a negative tragedy. Of disconcerting relevance. Toxic relationships, family dramas, confused identities, madness, desperation, prevailing machismo; but in the ending, a forced happy ending: the Deus ex machina who arrives and solves the unsolvable, tries to bring order but leaves the viewer dismayed. How to make this text necessary for a teenager?
This is the most complicated thing: finding the right interpretation to involve the kids on stage; as always, careful observation of reality brings us solutions: understanding where the discomfort of the new generations lies, identifying it in their need to find a true dialogue where listening should prevail and not just words, even and above all in moments dark and difficult moments of an existence; children often no longer have points of reference, at home, at school, in everyday life and have to create them elsewhere, however risking not fully understanding the direction they are taking.
In our Orestes everything becomes a nightmare generated, born from the mind of this young matricide, who tries to find justifications for his actions but increasingly twists, knots and knots himself again. But is he really the black sheep? or is he simply a scapegoat? and is the arrival of Apollo, in the finale, perhaps the simplest way to conclude a story that began who knows how many years before? and then, whose fault? perhaps of a God? And are we so sure it really happened like this? or is it us, we who believe we are listening to a voice from above but in reality it is nothing more than our imagination, our projection that speaks to us?
Characters and performers: Orestes – Mario Santoro; Electra – Valeria Lacagnina; Elena – Cecilia Cammarata; Menelaus – Marco Di Francesco; Tindaro -Francesco Lipani; Pilade – Daniele Volpe; Clytemnestra – Giulia Nicosia; Messenger – Sarah Tirendi; Hermione – Briseide Tricoli; Phrygian 1 – Pietro Bellante; Phrygian 2 – Giovanni Di Natale.
Chorus: Isaac Adam, Paolo Contento, Rachele Ferro, Alessandro Giambra, Donatella Giambra, Alice Giannavola, Giulia Giordano, Anna Sofia Giorgio, Agnese Guzzo, Fatima Ndoye, Leonardo Ormando, Angela Palermo, Francesco Pittari, Paola Sole, Daria Speranza
Dancers: Anthea Alabiso, Vittoria Maria Alaimo, Carlotta Andaloro, Luna Anzalone, Alessia Bartolomeo, Elide Carlino, Simona Chirdo, Giorgia Collura, Sara Corvo, Ester D’Agostino, Martina Di Gloria, Manuela Di Pietra, Alessandra Dimarco, Elisa Falco, Giulia Foglietto, Veronica Graglia, Flavia Gucciardo, Clara Guzzardi, Asia Lipani, Sofia Lo Russo, Sara Lombardo, Sara Noto, Maria Pia Petralito, Silvia Polizzi, Rebecca Scarpinati, Maria Anita Serio, Vanessa Strazzanti, Nicole Trabona, Gloria Trevigne, Sara Trusci
assistant directors: Lavinia Carelli, Piero Paci, Calogero Viola
costume assistants: Maria Vittoria Castro, Elena D’Orto, Sofia Galanti, Carla Russa, Cristina Ismail, Giorgia Milia, Danila Paolillo, Sofia Petrotto, Beatrice Rizzo, Federica Torchia, Silvia Vasile
adaptation text, scene, direction: Giuseppe Cutino
choreography: Ambra Lo Turco
lighting design: Marco Tumminelli
video: Leonardo Ormando and Lavinia Carelli
thanks to: Fabio Fiorenza, Corrado Sillitti
laboratory coordination: Aldo Giordano, Marzia Guarneri, Marcella Romano, Maria Grazia Trobia
general coordination – Headmaster Irene Cinzia Maria Collerone
