Gemma Bertagnolli, Giovanni Bietti – The second season in hell

Gemma Bertagnolli soprano
Giovanni Bietti piano

The second season in hell

B. Britten (1913-1976)
Les Illuminations

30′ | Admission €15

Two regular protagonists of Trame Sonore join forces under the banner of Britten. The soprano Gemma Bertagnolli and the pianist, composer and musicologist Giovanni Bietti perform, explain and narrate the cycle Les Illuminations, originally for soprano and strings, based on texts by Arthur Rimbaud. The heated symbolism of the young Rimbaud finds a valid interpreter in Britten, who unfolds his musical visions around those of the poet to create one of the most remarkable song cycles of the twentieth century.