(ANSA) – CATANIA, 07 DEC – “Madunnuzza, Madunnuzza” is the subtitle of the unpublished “Stabat Mater” – for countertenor, choir, theremin and orchestra – commissioned by the maximum ‘Vincenzo Bellini’ theater in Catania and signed by the composer and cellist Giovanni Sollima together with Filippo Arriva, author of the original text in Sicilian.
The world premiere is set for 11 January 2022, with a repeat the following day, as part of the concert season. Sollima will also be engaged on the podium and the countertenor Raffaele Pe as solo voice, at the theremin Lina Gervasi, choir master is Luigi Petrozziello “A qualifying commitment for the Etna opera body – say the extraordinary commissioner Daniela Lo Cascio and the superintendent Giovanni Cultrera – which promotes the commission of new works to prestigious Sicilian authors, entrusting their execution to their orchestral and choral formations “. “This ‘Stabat Mater’ – explains Sollima – was born from a proposal by Filippo Arriva, to whom we owe the beautiful verses. Actually he had talked about it to Riccardo Muti, who indicated me as a composer. It is a work in eight movements. The verses, although inspired by Jacopone da Todi’s ‘Lauda’, are very intense. The writing – he adds – is visionary, feverish, and is entirely in Sicilian even archaic. I have looked for different forms of vocality ranging from the incredible voice of Raffaele For example the theremin, up to a certain use of percussion. I move between the ritual and the many aspects, or levels, of a pain, avoiding any form of folklore “. (HANDLE).
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