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Herakles

Incidental music

Ευριπίδη Ηρακλής Μαινόμενος Μουσική υπόκρουση: Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου έργο 20

Catalogue No.: YSC57

Status: Completed

Opus: 20

Genre: Incidental Music

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 10

Movement Titles:

No. 1. Prologue
No. 2. Parodos
No. 3. Β! Chorale
No. 4
No. 5. Γ! Chorale
No. 6. Δ! Chorale
The Appearance of Lyssa.
No. 8. Ε! Chorale
No. 9. ΣΤ! Chorale
No. 10. Exodos

Instrumentation:

Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Saxophone – 3211, Percussion (2 Performers: Timpani, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, Xylophone, Castanets, Tamtam), Piano, Greek Chorus, Coryphaeus

Written in: Athens

Date: June 2, 1960

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Cover/First Page	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1		Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	49	PDF	View or Download
2		Full Score	Scan of the full score.	50	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		Herakles	Euripides	Tragedy		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	June 26, 1960	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
2	July 9, 1960	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
3	August 5, 1960	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
4	August 7, 1960	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
5	June 30, 1962	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), Th. Andriacopoulos, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Matarangas, N. Tsakiroglou, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, N. Metallinos, E. Messidis, C Voulalas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
6	July 18, 1965	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Theodoros Moridis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), Th. Andriacopoulos, V. Papanicas, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, C. Scarlis, Th. Syriotis, C Voulalas, Chr. Cazandjidis, A. Dadinopoulos, C. Cosmopoulos, M. Caramanis, D. Damalas, D, Tsoutsis, C, Frangopoulos	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
7	August 7, 1965	Ancient Theatre of Dodona	Dodoni	Greece	Dodoni Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Theodoros Moridis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), Th. Andriacopoulos, V. Papanicas, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, C. Scarlis, Th. Syriotis, C Voulalas, Chr. Cazandjidis, A. Dadinopoulos, C. Cosmopoulos, M. Caramanis, D. Damalas, D, Tsoutsis, C, Frangopoulos	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Andonios Fokas	Costume Designer, Set Designer	National Theatre of Greece	View
2	Kleovoulos Klonis	Set Designer	National Theatre	View
3	Takis (Theodoros) Mouzenidis	Director	National Theatre Greek National Opera	View
4	Tatiana Varouti-Mamaki	Choreographer, Dancer		View
5	Yorgos Sicilianos	Composer, Conductor, Narrator		View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 63
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 71
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 268
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 199, 320
Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007), 185, 199
Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras, Nikos Maliaras, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Markos Tsetsos, and Panos Vlagopoulos. Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος 1920-2005 Επετειακο αφιερωμα]. Edited by Stephania Merakos and Valia Vraka. (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016), 116

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