June 24 at 19.00
Napoli
Made in Cloister – Chiostro Santa Caterina a Formiello
Ricordando Pia Pera
with Emanuele Trevi
Shaking up Onegin
Very freely adapted from Evgenij Onegin by Aleksandr Puškin
Adaptation and voice Roberto De Francesco
with Ferruccio Spinetti (double bass)
Roberto De Francesco has always loved the verses by Puškin. He studies them from the translations by Pia Pera, which is where he takes the start in this vocal performance, punctuated by Ferruccio Spinetti’s rebel notes. Emanuele Trevi is given the duty to sketch out a portrait of Pia Pera, a writer-translator that, although passing away at a very young age, has left her own mark on Italian culture.
