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Giudizio, Possibilità, Essere' (Judgement, Opportunity, Being)

Romeo Castellucci:  Giudizio, Possibilità, Essere (Judgement, Opportunity, Being)

Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio 
Romeo Castellucci, director  

Performed in Italian with subtitles in French and Dutch.  

Cast:

Chiara Causa , Silvia Costa , Laura Dondoli , Irene Petris , tien vrouwelijke figuranten 

The eighteenth century German poet Friedrich Hölderlin was so fascinated by the figure of Empedocles that he decided to write a modern tragedy about the life - or rather the death - of this ancient Greek natural philosopher. He is said to have thrown himself into Mount Etna to prove his divinity. Hölderlin's attempts at literature were fraught with difficulty: three successive versions of The Death of Empedocles remained unfinished. This inspired Romeo Castellucci to create a new play.