“Sophocles wrote his drama Antigone more than 2000 years ago. Still, this piece continues to be a vital basis to portray a current set of problems. The exact dramaturgy of Sophocles is not the important thing here. However, its dramatic core is essential, the conflict that arises when the ruler’s demands to maintain the law are set against the individual’s innermost desires.”
– Mats Ek
Antigone is fighting for the release of her captured brother. To the king, he is a dangerous rebel who must be neutralized. In the ballet, Antigone is personified by several women, each with a similar fate. Historically speaking it is only relatively recently that Greece emerged from a period of dictatorship, one in which the performance of Antigone was banned.
Som Antingone premiered in 1988 with The Stuttgart Ballet. It was a reworked version of Mats Eks Antigone (1979) featuring new music, costumes and scenography .
Music:
M Hadjidakis: Todays Sorrow, The Damned Ones, Swallow in the Cage
Great Solos 2:
Ta pirate ta provata
Publisher: EMI Columbia
14C054-70816
Great Solos 3:
(Missing title)
Publisher: EMI Columbia
14C054-70818
Greek Folk Music:
Hassaposéviko
Violin solo, 2 minutesPublisher: Caprice Cap 1191
Home Coming:
Manos Hadjidakis
Today’s Sorrow
The Damened Ones
Swallow in The Cage
EMI Columbia
2J062-70236
The Hard April of -45
Manos Hadjidakis
Eyα Ματόκλαδά Σου Λάµπουν (English title: Your Eyelids Shine)
Minos MSM 221
Zambetas plays Hadjidakis
Street of Dreams
Minerva 22014