Recreating Euripides' Orestes

A short documentary explaining the academic and artistic processes behind the acclaimed _Oxford Ancient Languages Society_ 2024 production of Euripides' _Orestes_ and its music. Discover the ancient sources and the careful research that allowed us to approach, as best as we could, the experience of classical Greek drama. *Watch the full play here!* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4hkHcDbt8I Performed in the original Ancient Greek (subtitles available!), with a freshly edited text and a complete new musical score, written in accordance with all that is known of Euripidean music, and incorporating an ancient fragment that may be by Euripides himself. A unique collaborative project bringing together students, scholars, and artists from Oxford University and across the world to demonstrate the vivid dramatic fruits of meticulous interdisciplinary scholarship. *For a shorter version of this video offering a brief introduction to the production, see here:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBYA98soukA Interviewed: Nicholas Romanos (Director) Althea Sovani ('Orestes') Beth Parker (Music) Eleanor McIver ('Electra') Jonathan Nathan ('Apollo') Aulos by Callum Armstrong: https://callumarmstrong.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/@auloscollective1023 An _Oxford Ancient Languages Society_ production: https://www.oxfordancientlanguages.com/ ( https://shorturl.at/7lzTV ) https://www.instagram.com/oxfordancientlanguages/?hl=en ( https://shorturl.at/XbKvd ) #greektragedy #ancientmusic #ancientgreek