The great international theater is the protagonist from tomorrow to May 5th at the Rossini in Pesaro. Stéphane Braunschweig, one of the main directors of the contemporary theater scene and artistic director of the Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe in Paris, presents “La vita che ti diedi” by Luigi Pirandello with a cast composed of Daria Deflorian, Federica Fracassi, Cecilia Bertozzi (tomorrow, 4 and 5 May) / Giulia Odetto (3 May), Fulvio Pepe, Enrica Origo, Caterina Tieghi, Fabrizio Costella.
“The life I gave you is one of the few texts that the author himself defined as “a tragedy“. It is preceded by three short stories written between 1914 and 1916. In Pensioners of Memory, Pirandello questions the relationship between the living and dead, and formulates perhaps for the first time, the disturbing idea that when one mourns the loss of a loved one, it is not the loved one who is mourning: “You cry because the dead man, he, can no longer give to you a reality”. In Conversations with Characters, written immediately after the death of his mother, Pirandello explores the same idea in a long and poignant dialogue with the deceased. Shocked by the carnage of the Great War and anguished by the idea of losing his children at the front, Pirandello writes The Waiting Room, the mother and sisters of a missing soldier, not having certain proof of his death, continue to prepare his room while waiting for his return. The life I gave you takes up some of the main elements of this novella , developing the theme on an even more radical register. How can a mother survive the death of her child? asks Pirandello. Simply stating that he is not dead. Or, more accurately, pretending he’s still alive. In Pirandello’s work, the reality of life often appears as an insurmountable scandal, which theater or madness have the aim of transfiguring.”
The scenes are by Braunschweig in collaboration with Lisetta Buccellato, directed by Giulia Odetto. Info and pre-sales: Rossini Theater 0721 387621, Amat 071 2072439 and vivaticket circuit ticket offices (also online). Start of shows: Thursday and Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 5pm.
