There are texts that stand the test of time, like stumbling blocks planted in the heart of the collective conscience. Vitaliano Brancati's The Governess is one of these. Written in 1952, buried by censorship for over a decade, it returns today with the cutting force of a work that still has much to say. Brancati delivers a drama that delves into the undercurrents of respectability, the silences of imposed morality, and guilt as an instrument of social control. He does so with a seemingly classical theatrical structure, in which small incidents and major misunderstandings—in the manner of Chekhov—are transformed into emotional detonators. But behind the sober form lies a fiery substance.

The housekeeper

Teatro Biondo Stabile

Aida

Circus Maximus

The story—fictional yet grounded in historical context—takes place in late-fifteenth-century Granada. The city, the last Arab kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, is under siege by Spanish forces. Inside its walls, however, an internal conflict rages just as fiercely between two factions: the Abenceragi clan and the Zegri.

Alahor in Granata

Teatro Sociale

For more than sixty years Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard has been performed all over the world and has thus become a beloved and appreciated classic of contemporary theatre.

Luigi Ferrigno

Events

Upcoming events

17 - 25 Oct, 2026

The housekeeper · Teatro Biondo

11 - 27 Nov, 2026

Alahor in Granata · Fondazione Teatro Donizetti

12 - 20 Dec, 2026

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead · Fondazione Teatro Donizetti

Past events

17 - 25 Oct, 2026

The housekeeper · Teatro Biondo

12 - 28 Jul, 2026

Aida · Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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