ATHENA

In the organizer's words:

ATHENA

A music-theatrical installation by Robert Borgmann freely based on Aeschylus' "Eumenides"

Age recommendation: from 14 years

After Orest has taken bloody revenge on his mother Clytemnestra for the murder of his father Agamemnon, he flees from the wrath of the goddesses of revenge. He seeks refuge in the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi and begs the god for protection from the Erinnyes. But even the god is powerless against them, so Athena is to decide Orest's fate. However, it is not the goddess alone, but a jury appointed by her, who will ultimately decide which murder is more serious: that of his own mother or that of his husband.

In his almost 2500-year-old "Oresteia", Aeschylus describes the turning away from the barbarism of unreasonable blood and clan vengeance towards a reason-based state law. This marks the decisive civilizational step towards a new social order that still shapes us today: democracy.

Following his visually powerful production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Robert Borgmann's music-theatrical installation focuses on the final part of Aeschylus' Oresteia: the Eumenides. After Sartreʼs "The Flies" and Aeschylusʼ "Agamemnon", "Athena" marks the end of the Residenztheaterʼs exploration of Aeschylusʼ ancient trilogy this season.

ARTISTIC DIRECTION

Production, space and music Robert Borgmann
Costumes Birgit Bungum
Lighting Markus Schadel
Dramaturgy Michael Billenkamp

Price information:

10€ for students