This performance is a part of the festival NODO / New Opera Days Ostrava 2018

Libretto: Salvatore Sciarrino (1947)
Luci mie traditrici is based on the famous and sad story of one of the first renaissance composers Carlo Gesualdo, the Prince of Venosa. Betrayed by his first wife, he killed her and her lover. Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino refers to this story ambiguously, but the general plot is similar. The heroes sing sotto voce, suppressing their feelings. Voices die in the silence... are they still singing? Or rather speaking? It is the music that makes the tragedy of conflicting passions felt on a sensual level. Although this modern opera is steeped in the past, it is powerful and resonant today.
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Czech premiere
In Italian language with Czech and English subtitles
In collaboration with the Warsaw Chamber Opera, the Warsaw Autumn Festival and Ostrava Center for New Music