SPORTOPERA
BY CLAUDIO DI PALMA E VESUVIOTEATRO
CAPODIMONTE, MANIFATTURA DELLA PORCELLANA (PORTA MIANO)
FROM 23 TO 30 GIUGNO
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.
PROVA
WRITTEN BY ROBERTO AZZURRO E PAOLO COLETTA
WITH ROSARIA DE CICCO
MUSIC PAOLO COLETTA
DIRECTOR ROBERTO AZZURRO
PRODUCTION SUONI E SCENE
MANIFATTURA DELLA PORCELLANA 25 JUNE HOUR 21.00 DURATA 60 MIN
The times when football was only a male preserve have long since passed. And yet there was a time when a woman risked being trampled on by the customs, habits and conventions of a world designed solely for the studs of men’s football boots. Going against this pre-ordained state of affairs, Attilia Tinni, a fictional character who tries to turn a reverse of fortune into a new order, ventures in the wonderful world of a sport she belongs to by right of birth, destiny and emotional bond, as we will discover.
