Philoktet

Music theatre by Samir Odeh-Tamimi

»Philoctetes is an outcast, an offended person, a potential avenger—today, we would say: potentially a terrorist.«

(Etel Adnan: Notate zur Tötung des Philoktet bei Heiner Müller. 2004.)

»The person who lives among others is incapable of pure and truly selfless action. I, on this island, follow myself, understand myself—less Greek with each passing day, more human…«

(André Gide: Philoktet oder der Traktat von den drei Arten der Tugend. 1904)

Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Philoktet

Music theatre based on the dramas of Sophocles,

Heiner Müller and André Gide (2022)

Commissioned by Musik der Jahrhunderte

composition and stage concept: Samir Odeh-Tamimi

co-direction: Rosabel Huguet

libretto: Claudia Pérez Iñesta

costume assistance: Indra Nauck

Philoktet: Daniel Gloger (countertenor)

Neoptolemos: Martin Nagy (tenor)

Odysseus: Andreas Fischer (bass)

An intruder and choir: Guillermo Anzorena (baritone)

Greek choir: Johanna Vargas (soprano), Susanne Leitz-Lorey (soprano), Truike van der Poel (mezzo-soprano)

Zafraan Ensemble

Miguel Pérez Iñesta (contrabass clarinet), Daniel Eichholz (drums), Anna Viechtl (harp), Clemens Hund-Göschel (piano), Emmanuelle Bernard (violin), Josa Gerhard (viola), Zoé Cartier (violoncello), Beltane Ruiz Molina (double bass)

Andrei Cucu, electronics

Hannes Hutzmann, sound direction

duration: ca. 70‘

World premiere at ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart on 2 February 2023 at Theaterhaus Stuttgart.