Dead after killing each other in a battle for power, the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices, face different fates following an edict proclaimed by their uncle, the new ruler Creon: while the former will be buried, the latter will be denied funeral honours, as he was responsible for the assault on his own city.

 

This decision is opposed by Antigone, sister of Eteocles and Polynices, in the name of the unwritten laws of the gods, justice, high moral standards and total and visceral devotion to her génos.

 

In this tragedy, first performed in Athens at the Great Dionysia in 442 BC, Sophocles weaves together reflections on the oppositions between life and death, male and female, rigidity and moral flexibility.

 

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Dramaturgical direction: Elisabetta Matelli

Stage direction: Christian Poggioni

Restaging: Eri Çakalli

Music: Paolo Tortiglione

Chorus: Lucia Amarilli Sala