SPORTOPERA
BY CLAUDIO DI PALMA E VESUVIOTEATRO
CAPODIMONTE, MANIFATTURA DELLA PORCELLANA (PORTA MIANO)
FROM 23 TO 30 JUNE
Hubris refers to the urge to commit transgressions against the will of the gods, an instinctive but systematic rebellion against the sense of an ending. The signs of hubris can be seen in establishing a record, whether a personal one or an all-time record, in following unexpected paths, in obstinately trying to beat time and natural equilibria, in other words, in the giddiness that accompanies any sporting feat. An exclusively human demand aimed at the quasi-sacred identification of the athlete’s body which, while respecting the rules, becomes the temple of knowledge, inspired lightness and self-determination. This is arguably what is meant by religio athletae – the worship of athletes – in which the cult values of ancient sport merge with those of modern athleticism. The search for a sacred significance in an athlete’s gesture should be the lens through which SportOpera 2021 can be read.
MARADONA CONCERTO
TESTI DI RUGGERO CAPPUCCIO, ROBERTO DE SIMONE, BENEDETTA PALMIERI
WITH CLAUDIO DI PALMA E DANILO REA (PIANO)
SCENIC SPACE LUIGI FERRIGNO
PRODUCTIONENTE TEATRO CRONACA VESUVIOTEATRO
MANIFATTURA DELLA PORCELLANA 27 JUNE HOUR 21.00 DURATA 55 MINUTES
This concert is a tribute by great contemporary poets and writers to Diego Armando Maradona, who aroused some of the greatest emotions of the twentieth century. They have dedicated a dialogue to this everlasting permanence with ten unusual team mates (the fingers of the famous pianist Rea). A small, delicate and loving work that gives form and voice to his gestures and preserves the memory of his legendary status, proclaiming the eternal glory of the incarnation of a pure spark of God.
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