ItalianoThe Opera! - Arias for an Eclipse
25 October 19:00
Sala Petrassi
Pub Acc
Festa del cinema
Synopsis
A sudden gunshot destroys the dream of two lovers. The fate of Orpheus and Eurydice is a cruel one. On their wedding day, her soul is kidnapped and taken down into the Netherworld. Under a metaphysical sky Charon, the taxi driver, waits for the crime to be committed.
COMMENTARY
The movie is an opera-musical with an immersive and transmedial language. The myth is transposed into the contemporary age: Charon is a taxi driver and we go from Paris half under water to the stage of the Teatro Regio in Turin, in a play of musical references that range from Puccini to Händel, from Verdi to Gluck, from Vivaldi to Frankie Goes to Hollywood. And the images fuse words, lyric opera, fashion and the visual arts, between the real and the virtual.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
We created an unexpected encounter between acting and lyric opera, between pop, special effects and images filled with symbolism. Bringing into a cast of extraordinary actors such as Vincent Cassel, Fanny Ardant and Rossy De Palma two young artists selected among hundreds of lyric opera singers: Valentino Buzza and Mariam Battistelli.
Directors
Davide Livermore
A director, set and costume designer, singer, choreographer, writer and actor, as a tenor he performed alongside artists such as Luciano Pavarotti. As a director, he has staged productions in the most important theatres of the world. He currently directs the Teatro Nazionale di Genova.
Paolo Gep Cucco
He has conceived entertainment design and video design projects for lyric opera in the most important theatres of the world. He has been a musician and composer of soundtracks, working with artists such as Manu Chao and the 883.