Iphigenia in Aulis

The scenic installation curated by Maria Federica Maestri will consist of a 'tender and cruel' material altar inspired by the organic works of Joseph Beuys; behind the scene an iconostasis portrays old divinities struck dumb by the massacre that is about to take place. No ceremony, no father to hate, no mother to wish for, no past and no future, just an anonymous and bloody 'this side'. Like the mortally wounded doe, a generation without identity runs towards its tragic destiny. Similar to the mangled body of Pierpaolo Pasolini, princess destined for sacrifice, the innocence of the victim is a perennial monument to the horror of violence.

Lenz Foundation

Maria Federica Masters | Francesco Pititto

Iphigenia in Aulis

Ah! how sweet he is, but it is difficult (Ah! and sweet, but difficult)

and Iphigenia in Aulis of Euripides

Text and imagery | Francesco Pititto

Installation, costumes and direction | Maria Federica Masters

Interpreters | Valentina Barbarini, Deborah Tresanini (soprano), Eugenio Degiacomi (basso)

Musica | Christoph Willibald Gluck

Electronic musical composition and re-elaboration | Andrew Azzali

Iphigenia in Aulis è un progetto scenico di Lenz Fondazione, prima parte di un dittico realizzato nel biennio 2018-2019 in collaborazione con il Conservatorio Arrigo Boito di Parma, che si avvale del contributo di MiBACT Ministero dei Beni delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo, Emilia Romagna region, Municipality of Parma, Monteparma Foundation.