The performance commence with the sacrifice of Iphigenia in Avlida by her father Agamemnon, despite her mothers (Clytemnestra) objections. Clytemnestra's and Iphigenia's moving pleas are proven fruitless. The sacrifice takes place and the Greek army departs to Troy . (Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis )
The narration takes us to the times after the fall of Troy . We learn how the joyful, glorious news that Troy has fallen passed from mountain to mountain, lighting a beacon, and reached Micynes. Where Clytemnestra receives the news and prepares to welcome her husband "accordingly".
Not even the ten years that have passed eased the pain that Iphigenia's sacrifice brought to the mother. And so when Agamemnon arrives Clytemnestra murders him along with Cassandra, Priamus' daughter, a fortune teller that already knows about the murder to come. (Aeschylus: Agamemnon)
The next scene takes us to Agamemnon's grave where Electra mourns the loss of her father. There Electra's sister Chrysothemis arrives, who unlike Electra, obeys to Clytemnestra and Egisthus.
The narration then informs us of the arrival of Clytemnestra at the scene, who comes to honour her husbands grave. Electra confronts her mother, in a vengeance scene well known of its power. When Clytemnestra departs, Orestes comes along and we witness a heart breaking scene, the revelation of Orestes to Electra. (Sophocles: Electra) .
Orestes, taking revenge on the death of his father, becomes a matricide. His "hubris" awakens the old matriarchal goddesses, Erynies, that will, from now on, haunt him. (Euripides: Orestes) . The goddesses haunt him until Orestes flees for refuge to Athena's temple in Athens. In Arios Pagos court the votes are tied, so Athena votes for Orestes, thus saving his life. (Aeschylus: Eumenides) .
The play ends and the Aristotelian Catharsis prevails, for both the characters and the audience. Erynies are finally justified, as Athena holds a much wanted place for them among new institutions.
The course of the show is fast and full of life, filled with passions and conflicts. The costumes, the stage design, the video projections, the music, and the brilliant acting contribute to an integral result