Continues to attract spectators and make theOdyssey of Homer, theatrical work produced by Buongiorno Sicilia in the Alcantara gorges directed by Giovanni Anfuso and sponsored by Department of the Sicilian Region, Federico II Foundation, Municipalities of Motta Camastra and Castiglione di Sicilia and Alcantara river park.
And the declarations of appreciation by those who come to see the show continue.
“This – said Michele Truglio, director and author of Rai – is a truly suggestive job: proposed in an enchanting place it was a pleasure to see it. The staging tells life and refers us to the time of the school, to the study of that humerus who was the first screenwriter of history. Of course, Odyssey tells a very male epic, but mixes vicissitudes and human weaknesses. locationThen, it contributes to triggering the emotions of the spectators. And that of the actors is a proof, as well as acting, also of resistance: they remain, at this time at night, immersed in the icy water of Alcantara. But acting is also suffering. “
“Finally -he concluded -, I liked the lights a lot, with effects capable of amaze. Which is then what the good theater has to do”.
Silvana La Spina also spoke of “very interesting show with one location Extremely beautiful”.
But the writer, who in 1998 had published the lucky novel Peelope – the last edition is from 2023 – narrating the unknown part of the Queen of Ithaca, did not fail to underline how theOdyssey be “a highly male chauvinist work”.
“Women – he explained – do not make us a great impression: they are either witches, or sirens, or the poor thing that awaits the return of her husband from the war. While Odysseus, of course, represents the adventurer par excellence. And women are at home and wait. In fact, in mine Peelopein the end it is the latter who leaves “.
Among other dramatically current topics covered in the show of the Alcantara gorges there is then that of welcome.
“Odysseo comes like a castaway” recalled Alex Caramma, who plays Alcinoo, king of the feacs, to whom Ulysses “asks for help and rescue to be able to return to his home. A theme that we are also facing today and this makes it clear how contemporary the story we narrate can be”.
“The scene of the sirens – underlined Enrica La Rosa in turn, who in the show impersonates both Arete, queen of the feaci, is one of the marine seductors – I think it is one of the most engaging, for the public. And identifies another important and very current theme of thisOdyssey: the need not to give in to temptations. Ulysses, with intelligence, resists, thus giving example to that crew that would like to throw himself into the arms of the sirens. And it comes to think that the sirens, in our day, could be social media, chock full of messages to sell you what you don’t need. “
At the end of each act, all actors continue to receive long applause. We speak, as well as of the aforementioned, of Davide Sbrogò, who plays the role of Odysseus Maturo, Liliana Randi, who is Athena, Giovanna Mangiù, who plays Circe and Penelope. Then there are Eugenio Papalia (young Odysseus), Luciano Fioretto (Omero), Michele Carvello (Telemaco) and Pietro Casano (Zeus/Antinoo) and again Gianmarco Arcadipane, Gaetano Bonanno, Roberto Carrubba, Tommaso Cernigliaro, Maria Landaloro, Riccardo Leone, Lucio Rapisarda, Francesco Rotore, Gloria Triscitta and Rocco Vella. Appreciation also for the work of the costume designer Riccardo Cappello, of the choreographer Fia Dertefano, for the music of Nello Toscano and the scenographic elements of Silver Ruggeri. And again for the light designer Davide La Colla, for Simone Trischitta, the general organizer, for the assistant director Valeria La Bua and Lucia Rotondo, for the choreographer help Federica Musumeci and for the Sound Designer Enzo Valenti.
Odyssey will continue to go on stage – also thanks to the support of sponsor Like Amaro Herbae and Puglisauto – until September 7th.