Venere e Adone

Continuing his original path in the world of opera, with Venere e Adone (2021) Salvatore Sciarrino revisits a Greek myth – as he did with his first opera, Amore e Psiche (1973) –, although his reinterpretation takes on a different perspective to the classic narrative. This new work, which, not uncoincidentally bears the subtitle Naufragio di un mito [Shipwreck of a myth] – does not focus so much on the love between the capricious goddess and the...