The Oresteia
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Aeschylus' classic trilogy of murder, revenge and justice.
1. AGAMEMNON (broadcast on BBC Radio 3 12 January 2014)
translated by Simon Scardfield
Clytemnestra ... Lesley Sharp
Agamemnon ... Hugo Spear
Cassandra ... Anamaria Marinca
Calchas ... Karl Johnson
Aegisthus ... Sean Murray
Iphigenia ... Georgie Fuller
Herald ... John Norton
Singer ... Adriana Festeu
Chorus ... Arthur Hughes, Philip Jackson, Carolyn Pickles
Guards ... Steve Toussaint, Harry Jardine
Music performed by Alasdair Malloy, Stephen Webberley, Steven Whibley and the BBC Concert Orchestra
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko
2. THE LIBATION BEARERS (broadcast on 19 January 2014)
translated by Ed Hime
Orestes ... Will Howard
Electra ... Joanne Froggart
Clytemnestra ... Lesley Sharp
Aegisthus ... Sean Murray
Cilissa ... Carolyn Pickles
Pylades ... Joel MacCormack
Iphigenia ... Georgie Fuller
Singer ... Adriana Festeu
Chorus ... Sheila Reid, Amanda Lawrence, Carys Eleri
Servants ... Daviud Seddon, John Norton
Music performed by Alasdair Malloy, Stephen Webberley, Steven Whibley and the BBC Concert Orchestra
Directed by Marc Beeby
3. THE FURIES (broadcast on BBC Radio 3 26 January 2014)
translated by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Narrator ... Niamh Cusack
Alecto ... Polly Hemingway
Megaera ... Maureen Beattie
Tisophone ... Carolyn Pickles
Orestes ... Will Howard
Athena ... Chipo Chung
Apollo ... Joel MacCormack
Clytemnestra ... Lesley Sharp
The Pythia ... Priyange Burford
The Girl ... Carys Eleri
The Judge ... Sean Murray
Music performed by Alasdair Malloy, Stephen Webberley, Steven Whibley and the BBC Concert Orchestra
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko
- Agamemnon (74.2Mb)
- The Libation Bearers (58.6Mb)
- The Furies (76.9Mb)
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