ORPHEUS

Biography

One-act contemporary play.

Music - Igor Stravinsky. Choreography, libretto and scenography - Albina Dodarkhodzhayeva.

The performance was staged for the troupe of the MDT "Samruk" under the direction of Gulnara Adamova. The premiere of the performance took place in 2004 in Almaty, on the small stage of the M. Auezov Academic Drama Theater.

Characters and performers: Orpheus - Ersain Mukayev; Eurydice - Assel Abakaeva; artists of the MDT "Samruk".

The plot is based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Having lost his beautiful wife Eurydice, Orpheus bitterly mourns her death. Deciding to return her, Orpheus descends into the underworld of Hades. There was only one condition: he must not to look at her. Orpheus puts a mask over his eyes and leads his wife from the realm of the dead. The saddened Eurydice wonders why he does not look at her, and thinks that he has stopped loving her ... Orpheus cannot stand it, takes off his mask, and only by looking into his eyes, Eurydice dies. The Furies carry off the body of Eurydice. Orpheus returns alone.