Projects

Trois mille six cents fois par heure, la Seconde
Chuchote: Souviens-toi! — Rapide, avec sa voix
D’insecte, Maintenant dit: Je suis Autrefois,
Et j’ai pompé ta vie avec ma trompe immonde!

Cafè noir

“Life is the schema of freedom”, or so Schelling thought. He had yet to face the annihilation of his own soul, doomed like any other by the only real ruler: time. That’s why we write, compose, create: it’s a desperate attempt to free ourselves from the claws of our only true master, trying to leave a trace of the unfair battle in which we daily engage to survive ourselves.

Camille Claudel

an opera for an eternal artist

Why an opera on Camille Claudel? A better question would be: why not? Her life, her genius the love affair with Rodin and the alleged madness are perfect ingredients for it.

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La notte di Yalda

The House of Fireflies

On the backdrop of Persian myths, poetry and music come together in an eternal story. Garcia Lorca, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Goethe: a story of love, loneliness, and, ultimately, death.

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Caravaggio

opera in two acts

Love, lust, passion, murder: classic ingredients for an opera after the life of one of the most beloved and controversial artists of all times

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Horloge! dieu sinistre, effrayant, impassible…

La notte di Yalda - The house of fireflies

La notte di Yalda

Camille Claudel opera - Camille and Rodin

Camille Claudel

Camille and Rodin
Camille Claudel opera - Rose Beuret

Camille Claudel

Rose Beuret
Caravaggio opera

Caravaggio

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