Two emblematic female figures of Greek literature, Erofili by Georgios Chortatsis and Trisevgeni by Kostis Palamas, meet on stage. Unthinking, defiant, disobedient, at odds with the suffocating social fabric around her, Trisevgeni stubbornly defends her nature through conflict: with her father, with her husband, with her surroundings. Erofili watches her, accompanies her, interprets her, and shares her suffering.
A story intertwined with song, for two actors, a soprano and a small instrumental ensemble.
Erofili (c. 1600) is a landmark Cretan Renaissance tragedy, while Trisevgeni (1903) is a symbolist drama by Greece’s national poet Kostis Palamas. Bringing them together highlights the timeless struggles of women caught between individual desire and social constraint.
