THURSDAY 12 JUNE h 9.30 PM

with Sebastiano Amidani, Cecilia Braga, Rachele Bonini, Maddalena Borghesi, Margherita Caviezel, Diego Finazzi, Luca Rella, Matilda Morosini, Giorgia Paolillo, Cecilia Uberti Foppa, Ludovica Tagariello, Giulia Villa
concept, musical dramaturgy, choral direction: Nicola Fadda
dramaturgical assistance: Margherita Caviezel
costumes: Ludovica Tagariello
produced by Alot Teatro

VENI (Latin for “come”) is a choral musical performance whose dramaturgy emerges from the re-imagining of traditional polyphonic songs from the Mediterranean islands. These songs were learned by Alot members through a series of research journeys in Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily. On stage, 12 performers sing these polyphonies live and a cappella. The bodies remain mostly still, leaving space for the movement of the voices. The repertoire of VENI includes segments of sacred songs in three- and four-part harmony, sung in Latin. These are prayers, carefully distilled to allow their strictly religious content to evaporate. What remains is a plea for listening, for closeness—offered from one human being to another, no longer solely addressed to a divine entity. In VENI, the voices interact to conjure a different world on stage: an elsewhere, a limbo, a dream—or even an afterlife. VENI is an invitation to listen, to come closer to this other dimension, until we find ourselves together at the threshold, turning the boundary between “me” and “you” into a space we can both inhabit. VENI is an open threshold to the invisible (and yet livable) realm of sound.

Alot Teatro is a theater collective formed in Milan in October 2022, currently composed of 13 members. Central to Alot’s artistic research is the act of traveling to learn polyphonic songs from oral traditions. The group has conducted research in Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily. The musical material gathered during these journeys becomes the foundation for creating a personal artistic language, which is then shared and explored with others through performances and workshops.

duration: 50’

FESTIVAL OPERA PRIMA - XXI EDITION