| World premiere: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| From: | Gabriele D’Annunzio |
| Adaptation and directing: | Leonardo Lidi |
| With: | Christian La Rosa, Mario Pirrello, Giuliana Vigogna |
| Scenery and lighting: | Nicolas Bovey |
| Costumes: | Aurora Damanti |
| Sound design: | Dario Felli |
| Arrangements: | Dario Felli, Paolo Casali |
| Direction assistant: | Sanida Mujakovic |
| Electrician and sound technician: | Lorenzo Maugeri |
| Stage manager: | Guido Pastorino |
| Production: | Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria, La Corte Ospitale |
Theatre
Leonardo Lidi - La città morta
Description
Who lives in the Dead City?
The audience, the four characters or the glorious masks from the past?
This is the question I ask myself when I analyse Gabriele D’Annunzio’s first theatre text, a failed attempt to rewrite Tragedy passing from Iphigenia’s sacrifice to Cassandra’s truth.
Leonardo, a young archaeologist, seeks answers in the arid, dusty earth, deluding himself that present obsessions can be resolved by hiding in past grandeur. He digs to bring Agamemnon’s face to the surface, a face which can replace his own, a face which is wrong for the public.
Leonardo Lidi