Raven Revisited, Opera
(2018)
Kostis Kritsotakis
directed by Raia Tsakiridi
Premiere:
I Nea Skini 9 June 2018
An opera about living between dream and reality, in intense love and poetry and being obsessed with loss…
The central idea is based on the poem of Edgar Alan Poe "The Raven", with key heroes of Lenor and the Poet. The Poet is divided between the One who uses logic and the Other, unable to handle the loss of his beloved and gradually losing the sense of reality.
RavenRevisited is an opera that moves between dream and reality, illuminating snapshots of the life of the mysterious poet Edgar Alan Poe and his peculiar relationship with women.
Composer: Kostis Kritsotakis
Stage director: Raia Tsakiridi
Libretto: Nina Rapi
Costumes/ Set Design : Pavlos Thanopoulos
Choreographer: Foteini Passa
Dramaturgical collaboration: Marina Mergou
Photography Credits: Patroklos Skafidas
Cast
Poe 1: George Papadimitriou
Poe 2: Stratis Steel
Lenore: Marilena Chrysochoidi
Ensemble - Members of 8tetto:
Nikos Ziaziaris, Peny Deligianni, Annie Fassea, Elias Kapantais, Leonora Gaitanou
Piano: Kostis Kritsotakis, Thodoris Iosifidis