Euripides’ HERAKLES: Greek Tragedy with Ancient Music

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5 жыл бұрын

Barnard Columbia Ancient Drama presents the first modern staging of a Greek tragedy in the original language with a full score of ancient Greek music for a reconstructed aulos, the double reed wind instrument that originally accompanied the dramas in ancient Athens. Euripides’ “Herakles” was first performed around 416 BCE at the City Dionysia festival. It tells the story of Herakles’ madness and slaughter of his household as the culmination of his heroic labors. This staging of “Herakles” with ancient Greek music shows how the sound of the aulos breaks into the play’s dramatic action to control Herakles’ body as it choreographs his ruin.
Please note, this performance is in the original ancient Greek. Subtitles can be switched on in English through the Closed Caption icon on the toolbar. Ancient Greek, Italian, and Chinese subtitles are coming soon!
Performed April 4-6th, 2019 in Minor Latham Playhouse in New York City. Since 1977, BCAD has produced an annual ancient drama in the original Greek or Latin in memory of Matthew Alan Kramer.
Directed with Executive Production by Caleb Simone
Assistant Direction by Rachel Herzog and Elizabeth McNamara
Produced by Caitlin Morgan
Melody composed by Anna Conser
Aulos accompaniment composed and performed by Callum Armstrong
Aulos reconstructed based on the Megara & Elgin models by Robin Howell
Choreography by Jon Froehlich with Samuel Humphreys
Videography by Dancing Camera, Brooklyn
Sound Design and Audio Edit by Matt Rocker, Underground Audio NYC
Set Design by Cate McCrea
Lighting Design by 22 Lighting Studio
Costume Design by Bo Yeon Jang with Allegra Forbes
Props by Eastern Wind Studio
With support from:
The Matthew Alan Kramer Fund
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
The Onassis Foundation USA
A Barnard College Presidential Award
Barnard Alumna Marietta Voeglis (1954)

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@leandrotibirica8761 4 жыл бұрын

You fullfiled my 23 years dream of seeing and hearing it in the original language amd with music, since I studied some greek at university. I am going back to it thanks to you. Just think the actors should have their names on, so their incredible effort can be recognized.

@inaactivee 2 жыл бұрын

deez

@killian_volleyball Жыл бұрын

deez

@jasperbisley9980 Жыл бұрын

deez

@cris36077 Жыл бұрын

deez

@jaredchandler8962 Жыл бұрын

You say what I was intending to say! I have studied Koine Greek, but have since wandered into Classical Greek - but not enough - not enough at all, as I realise after watching this. Thank you to all who made with gift available to us,

@thomasharris3359 4 жыл бұрын

PLEASE upload Ancient Greek subtitles it would be very very appreciated :)

@Urdatorn 4 ай бұрын

Yep, would have been more pedagogically useful than English.

@discogoth 3 жыл бұрын

I cannot tell you how much I love and appreciate this video. The Bacchae is my all time favorite Greek text and I really wanted a Greek recording. The phenomenal Greek instruments and performances are a bonus :) PLEASE keep making these!

@wkenneth7916 4 жыл бұрын

I cannot thank you enough for posting this. You are really helping me in my quest to learn more about Greek tragedy.

@silviamunoz6863 3 жыл бұрын

what an awesome experience you gave me!!! I've never thought hearing a play in Ancient Greek (that I'm studying at the university). I'm so grateful! At this moment, I'm studying Greek Theater - and had to read Heracles. The emotion you passed me will motivate me to go deep in it. Thanks again...

@tootsiePOP745 3 жыл бұрын

would love to hear about how they learned and memorized the dialogue

@enzocypriani5055 3 жыл бұрын

It was such a pleasure to see this. I will probably watch many times more. I thank you so much!

@maxbrumbergflutes 5 жыл бұрын

fascinating, looking forward to more! Amazing sound Callum, you are the master Aulos player!

@masterg6218 5 жыл бұрын

Really good work. It's really impressive how you speak ancient Greek.

@dylanforbes-wilkinson4819 2 жыл бұрын

So cool, I'm going to show my professors and colleagues at university.

@lilliticchi9662 5 жыл бұрын

I liked your work very much! I hope italian subtitles will be ready as soon as possible. I learn ancient Greek in Rome, Italy, and Herakles is my favorite tragedy.

@nellychacapablanca5698 2 жыл бұрын

could you describe the costume, acting, and the props of this scene? pls reply its for my school assignment😁❤️

@sofiamoglia2890 Жыл бұрын

Eracle (in generale Euripide) >>>>>

@emw1994 2 жыл бұрын

Shit...now I have to learn Greek

@giuseppelogiurato5718 2 жыл бұрын

You could, but you'd need to start learning the modern language first, (imagine trying to learn Old English without knowing modern English; it would be tough) and, it wouldn't help much with understanding these actors before years of study... Also, these people are speaking "ancient Greek" as best as they can, but they are not Greek, so it's kind of like listening to a modern Chinese person trying to speak Old English; almost unrecognizable to modern-native speakers.

@calebsimone8107 2 жыл бұрын

@@giuseppelogiurato5718 Respectfully, Giuseppe, following your analogy, ancient Athenian performers would likely be as unrecognizable to modern Greek ears as an Old or Middle English bard in Trafalgar Square today. If your goal is to read the surviving texts of Ancient Greek drama in the original, studying Ancient "Attic" Greek directly is the best route, though modern Greek is certainly worth studying in it's own right!

@elvishiekios8826 Жыл бұрын

@@giuseppelogiurato5718 The actors speak ancient Greek in the Erasmian way that pronounces EVERY LETTER and can be understood better at lower playback speed of 0.75%

@nataliacarlton3413 Жыл бұрын

Amazing, bravo!

@yutingchai9015 7 ай бұрын

this is incredible, hope I can get into Barnard this year💙

@jaredchandler8962 Жыл бұрын

The music at around 50 minutes in is remarkably similar to a part of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (the "I'm just a poor boy" sequence). Throughout our history there seems to be a commonality of the purpose, mood, and sound of music, and this would seem to be an interesting example.

@calebsimone8107 5 жыл бұрын

Subtitles can be switched on in the KZfaq player toolbar through the "CC" (Closed Captions) icon. Subtitles in English are currently available and Italian, Chinese, and the original Ancient Greek are planned.

@LDV5g 4 жыл бұрын

It's still not available :(

@LDV5g 3 жыл бұрын

Still no available 😢

@silviamunoz6863 3 жыл бұрын

Please, try to offer subtitles in Portuguese too, ok?

@ChavesAdailson Жыл бұрын

Acabei de ler o livro, e vim assistir essa incrível peça teatral, parabéns! 👏

@TylerFidelis 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, but I don't know Greek. Would y'all please post subtitles, so the unlettered can enjoy this as well?

@AtlanticGiantPumpkin 3 жыл бұрын

There are subtitles if you hit the CC button.

@garrettsmith6002 Жыл бұрын

No offense but if Euripides let his actors sing like that he never would have been let on the stage

@sofiamoglia2890 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@robertriquelmy7193 3 жыл бұрын

Nevermind

@BEDLAMITE-5280ft. 2 жыл бұрын

Audio is shit. Sorry I wanted to watch this too. Cool that you guys did this tho. Very cool.

@reilynpagalilauan1533 3 жыл бұрын

sana okay lang kayo guys:)

@flyingstapler1241 7 ай бұрын

I love that I finally get to see a free online production in the original language with reconstructed music, but I feel like the heavy British style inflection and intonation in many parts takes me out a bit. Though I guess I don't really know much Greek to tell, but I thought it's supposed to sound similar to the Spanish accent. Does anyone who knows Greek well enough tell me how accurate it is?

@yeosangfan8505 3 жыл бұрын

hi sa classmates ko :) sana kaya niyo pa

@cris36077 Жыл бұрын

isnt it hercules

@bethyapdian8611 Жыл бұрын

Oh paras mapeh

@Komnenit 4 жыл бұрын

It is a well done piece. Although I would rather have Ancient Greek pronounced in the Modern Greek way (I prefer to believe in the natural evolution of the language rather than a reconstructed hypothetical pronunciation by Renassaince scholars who idealized the ancients). The music is also well done, the instrumentals stand out.

@punishedfootfetishistrin8050 4 жыл бұрын

im greek and i cant understand what they are saying and thats due to the fact that greek probably isnt their first language but still its good

@discogoth 3 жыл бұрын

Modern Greek pronunciation is quite different from Ancient :)

@alvarocesar7222 3 жыл бұрын

Oh you, little child...

@adampetritsis 2 жыл бұрын

@@discogoth and this one is different from both :)

@giuseppelogiurato5718 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it sounds VERY weird... It's all, "Oi hoi, gow how, ü hü, ay hay"... Almost like a cross between Greek and Swedish, but with an English accent and cadence... It's still a beautiful show, but some of the pronunciation make me giggle.

@ix9280 Жыл бұрын

@@giuseppelogiurato5718 They butchered it lmao.

@christopherhaines2492 2 жыл бұрын

I love how this is a slap in the face to Euripides, Aeschylus, and the other Athenian playwrights; since their casts were all men and this one is mostly female!

@rustybayonette6641 3 ай бұрын

And why have a woman play the male lead?

@mitchelweaver6801 3 жыл бұрын

It is really bizarre to have women playing masculine roles. Hard to watch.

@silviamunoz6863 3 жыл бұрын

at first I thought this way, but they are so good that it had no importance to me. However, emember that in the past, men played women roles, I think that was more bizarre than the opposite.

@ccnewberry 8 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@rustybayonette6641 3 ай бұрын

@@silviamunoz6863 yeah but this is a reenactment of an ancient play. It's being sold as such, being in the original language and everything, so everything should be as it was when it was originally performed.

@silviamunoz6863 3 ай бұрын

@rustybayonette6641 Well, in that case, you have to search for greek actors, not students. They did great!

@rustybayonette6641 3 ай бұрын

@@silviamunoz6863 They certainly did. My point still stands. They could have found male performers