Four shows, from May 10th to July 6th, for a total of 160,646 spectators. The Fondazione Inda confirms itself as one of the main theatre institutions in Italy capable of producing shows and attracting large audiences. The 59th season of classical performances at the Greek theatre in Syracuse developed between «Ajax» by Sophocles directed by Luca Micheletti in the translation by Walter Lapini and with the original music by Giovanni Sollima, «Phaedra (Hippolytus the Crown-Bearer)» by Euripides translated by Nicola Crocetti and directed by Paul Curran, «Miles Gloriosus» by Plautus in the translation by Caterina Mordeglia and directed by Leo Muscato. And to conclude the two performances of «Horai. The Four Seasons» directed by Giuliano Peparini, texts from Greek and Latin lyric poetry, selected by Francesco Morosi and performed by Giuseppe Sartori, with the extraordinary participation of Eleonora Abbagnato (Inda will perform it again on 27 and 28 September for the G7 Agriculture in Syracuse). In September there will also be two performances of «Fedra (Ippolito portatore di corona)»: after being sold out in Pompeii, the show directed by Paul Curran will be performed on 11 and 12 September at the Teatro Romano in Verona.
“The audience of the Greek Theater, who came from all over the world – said Mayor Francesco Italia, president of the Inda Foundation – rewarded the commitment and work of all of Inda and in particular of our workers. For us, not only an award for the work done but also a push to continue in the direction taken to propose quality shows with the involvement of world-famous directors, actors and artists”.
But the conclusion of the season was entrusted to the Gala of Roberto Bolle: a sold-out Greek Theater welcomed the international star who offered a unique show, ranging from classical to contemporary, between tradition and innovation. “Thank you Siracusa for a truly memorable evening. What an audience, what a place to perform. I will never forget” wrote Roberto Bolle on social media, enthusiastic about performing for the first time in the ancient thousand-year-old cavea: “What a thrill to enter for the first time in such a magical place, rich in history and art”.
Engaging, overwhelming, exciting, for Bolle (49 years old) time seems to stand still. The audience is won over after just the first steps: great success for Antonio Casalinho engaged in Les Bourgeois and Esmeralda by Marius Petipa, alongside Margarita Fernandes. And then Tatiana Melnik, partner of Bolle himself in the pas de deux Spartacus by Yuri Grigorovich and of the dancer Osiel Gouneo, in Don Quixote by M. Petipa. There is room for contemporary classical dance with “I” by Philippe Kratz performed by Casia Vengoechea and Travis Clausen-Knight, partner of Bolle himself in the pas de deux from Les Indomptès by Claude Brumachon. It seems like we are seeing Ezio Bosso again in the solo, In your black eyes, by Patrick De Bana dedicated to the late musician and composer. And then comes Prometheus: the legend of the titan who stole fire from the gods to give it as a gift to men. On stage a scaffolding on which the star climbs, twists, ties himself, dances: and the spectators do not take their eyes off him until the fire, real, given to the men. At the end 7 minutes of applause during which Bolle has no choice but to give his smile.