On the 19th of July, in the beautiful courtyard of the Museum of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona, the Aeneid will come alive through the art of the “Cunto Siciliano”, the traditional Sicilian storytelling and a wondrous example of epic theatre: sound, rhythm, body and voice release in space a playful and mighty energy.
“Arma virumque cano,
Troiae qui primus ab oris
Ialiarn fato profugus…”
The Aeneid, with its immortal lines distributed in twelve books, tells the story of the glorious Trojan race veterans, ancestors of the “gens Iulia”.
A poem, which, although linked to the glory of Rome in the world, is for us, in fact, a beautiful fabric, a magical tapestry of events, heroes, romances and flights, which long to return to life through a body and a voice, in space and time.
On this particular occasion, Aeneas is followed in his legendary flight after the destruction of Troy. The title of the play is “La fuga di Enea”,…”Aeneas’ flight”.
Aeneas' legendary peregrination.
In the “Cunto”, though, there also are continuous personal insertions and emblematic poetry, which unexpectedly turn the spotlight towards the “new” migrants from Africa and Iraq, who wander through the Mediterranean to leave war wounds behind.
The bodies and voices of Vincenzo Pirrotta and Nancy Lombardo will be directed by Vincenzo Pirrotta himself, with music by Mario Spolidoro played by Luca Mauceri and sceneries of Pasquale De Cristofaro.
Don’t miss it!
July 19th 2011, Palazzo Casali, Cortona.
For further information: tel. +39 0575 637235. Email. info@cortonamaec.org
