Co-Opera

Co_opera is the first phase of collective and shared creation Inhabiting the Opera and is aimed at everyone in the community who wishes to co-operate in the project.

Inhabiting the Opera is one of the projects in the Matera 2019 cultural programme, which arises from the collaboration with the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, one of the oldest opera houses in the world, and will stage Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsettinello against the backdrop of the Sassi stone districts of Matera. The project is an original production and involves the active involvement of citizens in the production of the opera, which will be staged from 31 July to 3 August 2019.

The staging of the Cavalleria Rusticana includes a 'Prologue on the Sassi', a musical and dramatic journey through the Sassi stone districts, in which we ask you to actively participate, each according to their own wishes.

You, performers in various capacities and with various tasks, will be followed by the public on a journey with different stops along the way from Sasso Barisano to Caveoso. In selected areas, there will be activities, choreographies and songs prepared through workshops and rehearsals. Giant puppets operated by the participants will lead the parade.

You will arrive at Sasso Caveoso where, to continue the evening, there will be a performance of the opera Cavalleria Rusticana, by soloists, orchestra and choir of the Teatro San Carlo of Naples.

Are you ready to co_operate?
The first meeting for citizens who would like more information about the project and take part in the 'Prologue on the Sassi' and Cavalleria Rusticana is February 20 at 19.00 at the Matera-Basilicata 2019 Foundation venue in the Casale complex (via Casale / Sasso Barisano).

The citizens who join in will participate for free in a theatre and stage workshop, led by the director in collaboration with a staff of artists.

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