This immersive opera, which mixes traditional performance with cutting-edge technology and emerging neuroscience, draws narrative inspiration from Sophocles classic tragedy Oedipus Rex. Elli Papakonstantinoua 2018-19 Fulbright Artists Award recipient, visiting scholar at Stanford University, and 2018-19 Music Theatre Now international award recipientcreates her own visually striking, lyric adaptation to engage audiences in a new and radical way. Using new technologies which turn the audience into the actual chorus of the opera, the piece rediscovers the community at the heart of a political performance, as it was in ancient times.Mythology, pop cultural references, and gender reexamination feed into this unique theatrical mash-up, as an all-female acting ensemble of opera singers and jazz vocalists join forces with musical virtuososlive augmented cello, piano, and new instrumentson stage for a deep-dive into a haunting mind game.Partly developed during the directors stay at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University, OEDIPUS: Sex with Mum Was Blinding also sees artists and scientists joining forces on a new neuroscientific case study. The study asks: Are we free? D we experience free will? Are there real alternatives, or is all that takes place the outcome of necessity? An exploration into determinism and self, the answers describe either our majesty or captivity.
This event is presented by ODC Ensemble. BAM house and ticketing policies may not apply. BAM Membership benefits do not apply.
This event is presented by ODC Ensemble. BAM house and ticketing policies may not apply. BAM Membership benefits do not apply.
Cast and Creative Team for Oedipus: Sex With Mum Was Blinding at BAM Fisher
Concept, stage director and librettist: Elli Papakonstantinou
Composers: Tilemachos Mousas, Julia Kent
Real time cinematic environments: Stephanie Sherriff
Scientific advisor: Dr. Manos Tsakiris
Costume designer: Jolene Richardson
Light designer: Elli Papakonstantinou
Masks concept, design and materialization: Maritina Keleri & Chrysanthi Avloniti
Performers:
Nassia Gofa Jocasta / Chorus
Anastasia Katsinavaki Teiresias / Chorus
Theodora Loukas Woman
Lito Messini Oedipus / Chorus
Misha Piatigorsky MC
Manos Tsakiris Doctor
Julia Kent - cello
Misha Piatigorsky – piano
Barbara Nerness - live electronics
Hassan Estakhrian, Stephanie Sherriff: Real time video
Cinematic Environment team
Video production lead: Stephanie Sherriff
Technical developer: Simona Fitcal, Hassan Estakhrian (US)
Video Production Assistant (Greece): Cemre Deniz Kara
Technical Assistant (Greece): Lefteris Zimianitis
Executive Producer: Elli Papakonstantinou, Antonis Peristerakos
General Manager: Leah Michalos
Production Manager: Theodora Loukas
Director’s Assistant (US) /Stage Manager: Madeline Whitesell
Director’s Assistant (Greece): Anastasia Katsinavaki , Ageliki Karistinou
Publicist: Michelle Tabnick, Bill Coyle
Photography: Karol Jarek, Elias Moraitis (Greece)
Videography: Ashleigh McArthur
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