Simultaneously, it is one of the pillars of the world literature supporting not only the development of art but also the entire human thinking. In this completely new music version spectators will be witnesses to the end of Trojan war after which its hero - the tricky king Odysseus sets out back home to Ithaca. But new and new obstacles appear in front of him, when one is overcome, another appears. But it is always himself who must take up the struggle without being sure of its happy ending.
He encounters the mythic giant Cyclop, then gives up to seductive Calypso, fights with his companions against Scylla and Charybdis, is often pursued by Poseidon on his dangerous voyage, descends to the underworld β¦ What more dramatic could a theatre wish?
Moreover, a lot of interesting topics concerning faithfulness, courage, hardiness, cleverness, wisdom and abjection are developed. Naturally, this all rises up from the great story full of suspense, emotion and humour. The Odyssey became a winning project in the competition of original music works announced by the Brno City Theatre for the new Music Scene.
The third original musical title in the course of one year entered the stage of the Contemporary Music Scene of the Brno City Theatre which was opened in October The authors of the Brno form just used a part of action of the original epos. In spite of that, they created a poetic, rich and impressive work.
The union of metric verse with modern music and stage is surprising. There is nothing forced in the union of verse and modern not only big-beat music in melodramatic forms.
