Opera Bastille presents ‘Cavalleria Rusticana/ Sancta Susanna’ by Mario Martone that will run from November 28 through December 23, 2016 in Paris.Mario Martone has devised a new production of Paul Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna which is being presented in a double bill with his original La Scala production of Cavalleria rusticana. An opera from the composer’s early years, rediscovered in France in the early 2000s, Sancta Susanna is a profoundly expressionist work with several levels of interpretation. Klementia, who has been a nun for several years, is troubled by an apparition of Saint Susanna. The latter, performed by Anna Caterina Antonacci, lifts the veil on a carnal world she finds disturbing. Encouraged to confide by this awakening, Klementia recounts the passion of a young girl in the convent who many years before had stripped naked and embraced the body of Christ on the Cross. Darkness and light, life and death, body and soul all struggle and dialogue in this short, smouldering work in which the biblical figure of Susanna takes on an unparalleled psychological dimension.The show will be performed at Opera Bastille, Place de la Bastille, 75012 Paris, France. For details, visit: https://www.operadeparis.frClick on the Slideshow for a sneak peek of the show.
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