Cameri Hosts Radu Stanca Theatre from Romania

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Electra/Photo: Marian Haiduc

The Cameri Theatre will host the Radu Stanca Theatre of Sibiu, Romania for two performances of Electra, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu on August 29 & 30, 2010.

Sophocles and Euripides each wrote his own Electra, this production of the Greek tragic play combines the two versions with traditional music from the Maramureş Iza River Valley region of Romania, as interpreted by the Iza group. The play will be performed in Romanian, with subtitles in Hebrew.

Iza/Photo: Dragos Spiteru

Măniuţiu’s Electra premiered at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, and won several awards, including best directing and dramaturgy, at the Marida Festival in Spain.

Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, seeks the aid of her brother Orestes to avenge the murder of her father by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.  Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon for his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia to the gods during the Trojan War.

Mihai Măniuţiu graduated from the National Institute of Theatre Art and Cinema in Bucharest, he describes his style as an “ars combinatorica”, which can be seen in the current fusion of two classical Greek texts with a contemporary arrangement of Romanian folk music.

Performances will take place August 29 & 30 at 20:30, at the Cameri Theatre, 19 Shaul Hamelech Blvd, Tel Aviv. Tickets: 03-6060960.

To get into the mood, enjoy this YouTube clip of Iza:

Electra by Sophocles and Euripides, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu
Music: Iza Group of Maramureş
The play will be performed in Romanian, with subtitles in Hebrew. Duration: approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, without intermission.
Actors:
Electra: Mariana Presecan
Cytemnestra: Ioana Crăciunescu
Orestes: Marian Râlea
Pylades: Doru Presecan
The Old Man: Dan Glasu
Chrysothemis: Ofelia Popii
Aegisthus: Florin Coşuleţ
Coryphaeus: Adrian Matioc

Chorus: Mihai Coman, Diana Fufezan, Adrian Neacşu, Cătălin Neghină, Eduard Pătraşcu, Cătălin Pătru, Viorel Raţă, Bogdan Sărătean, Cristina Stoleriu, Dana Taloş, Codruţa Vasiu, Iza” Group from Maramureş: Ioan Pop, Dumitru Hîrb, Anuţa Pop, Voichiţa Tepei, Chira Grigore.

Iza Group: Ioan Pop, Gheorghe Florea, Anuţa Pop, Voichiţa Tepei, Mihaly Covaci

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