BY VALERIA PARRELLA
WITH MICHELE RIONDINO, FEDERICA FRACASSI, DAVIDE COMPAGNONE, RAFFAELLA GARDON
LIVE MUSIC GUIDO SODO, RAFFAELLA GARDON
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN TIZIANO FARIO
ORIGINAL MUSIC GUIDO SODO
DIRECTED BY DAVIDE IODICE
PRODUCTION FONDAZIONE TEATRO DI NAPOLI
DATES 23, 24 JUNE (H. 21.30)
VENUE TEATRO BELLINI
RUNNING TIME 1H 30MIN
LANGUAGE ITALIAN
Valeria Parrella has elaborated the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with a contemporary key; a new production to be directed by Davide Iodice. In her notes, the author writes: «Gluck, Anouilh, Cocteau, but also Bufalino, and Pavese: each of these authors has given a different explanation why Orpheus turned to look at Eurydice when leaving the underworld. Rilke’s words on this theme, perhaps inspired by a bas-relief here in Naples in the archaeological Museum, are also moving. Respexit is the verb traditionally used (by Virgil in Eclogues and Ovid in The Metamorphoses), a verb that has no equivalent in Italian as it means “to turn around”, but also embodies the root “respectum”, pertaining to respect. Thus, I also give my respect to this gesture, just like that bas-relief in which Hermes appears together with Eurydice and Orpheus. I wrote a novel which then became theatrical text. A story which is not real, but more oriented towards the philosophy and psychology of loss, and coming to terms with death. This text has three voices, but many other view-points»
