Apollo has tasked the Tracking Satyrs with retrieving his lost cattle, aided by Silenus, in exchange for gold and their freedom. The Satyrs track the animals to a cave, led on by the sound of the lyre that has just been invented by Hermes. Sophocles’ fragmentary, rarely performed satyr play is the only surviving dramatic narrative about how Music first reached the ears of humans. Director Michail Marmarinos returns to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, with this µinconceivable monument of a text’, employing a historic, verse translation.
The text will be published as part of the Festival’s newly launched theatre book series, as an annotated edition with an introduction by Stavros Tsitsiridis.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, all performance dates are subject to change
After Carl Robert's German translation
Freely translated in verse by Emmanouil David (1933)
Scientific advisor Stavros Tsitsiridis
Directed by Michail Marmarinos
Artistic and dramaturgical collaboration Dio Kangelari
Special collaborator Konstantinos Thomaidis
Set and costume design Yorgos Sapountzis
Music Billy Bultheel
Lighting design Eleftheria Deko
Choreography Tasos Karachalios
Director assistant Marilena Katranidou
Sound design Kostas Bokos-Studio 19st in collaboration with Billy Bultheel
Assistant to the director Aliki Stenou
Assistant to the set designer Dido Gkogkou
Assistant to the costume designer Daphne Aidoni
Cast Haris Fragoulis (Apollo), Stamatis Kraounakis (Silenus), Amalia Moutousi (Cyllene), Steve Katona (Hermes)
Chorus of Satyrs (in alphabetical order) Andromachi Fountoulidou, Adrian Frieling, Lampros Grammatikos, Alexandra Kazazou, Tasos Karachalios, Christos Kragiopoulos, Angelos Nerantzis, Electra Nikolouzou, Manos Petrakis, Theodora Tzimou
Musicians Menelaos Moraitis tumba, Spyros Vergis euphonium, Dimitris Alexandrakis tumba, Leonidas Palamiotis euphonium
Production managers Rena Andreadaki, Zoe Mouschi