ELEGIA: A Theatre Performance of Prose, Poetry & Polyphonic Singing
2025
Director:
Lorenzo Volpi Lutteri
Performers:
Joshua Doerksen, Rafał Habel-Bloodgood / Aleksandra Gronowska, Diego Pileggi
Music:
traditional Corsican songs, italian traditional song, authorial musical composition of Rafał Habel-Bloodgood, Aleksandra Gronowska
Dramaturgy:
Extracts from: Seven against Thebes, Aeschylus; Phoenicians, Euripides; Ninna nanna della guerra, Trilussa; Try to remember some details, Yehuda Amichai, Darkness – Lord Byron, Koniec i początek, Wisława Szymborska
Set design, costumes, poster:
Katarzyna Pieniawska
Language:
English, Italian, Polish. With subtitles in ENG/PL
Partners:
- MiserArt
- Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu
- Muzeum Teatru im. Henryka Tomaszewskiego
The performance was created thanks to the support of the Municipality of Wrocław and with support received as part of the National Reconstruction Plan for Culture 2025. The project is co-financed by the European Union under the NextGenerationEU program.
About
An international ensemble of actors from Poland, Italy, and Canada comes together to explore the fragile bond between love and hatred, brotherhood and conflict. Blending monologues, dialogues, poetry, and traditional Corsican polyphonic songs (learned in collaboration with the Cunfraternita di U S.S. Crucifissu di A Pieve di A Serra), Elegia invites the audience into an immersive journey on the human condition in times of war, and on the extraordinary yet fragile gift of peace.
At the heart of the performance is a contemporary reinterpretation of the Greek chorus – a collective voice that resonates as dialogue, memory, and resistance. The words of poets Trilussa and Wisława Szymborska weave together with theatrical texts to form a cultural act of resistance: an elegy for peace beyond all borders.
Schedule:
24 January, h. 20:00 – MiserArt
ul. Cybulskiego 35A – Wrocław
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FREE ADMISSION. Reserve your place writing an e-mail to: jubiloproject@gmail.com
5 November, h. 19:00 – Sala Laboratorium, Instytut Grotowskiego
Rynek-Ratusz 27 – Wrocław
Tickets: 40 PLN https://ekobilet.pl/fundacja-jubilo-7101
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26/27 September, h. 20:00 – Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu,
ul. Bernardyńska 7 – Wrocław
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FREE ADMISSION. Reserve your place writing an e-mail to: jubiloproject@gmail.com
After every performance there will be a meeting of the cast of the performance with the audience in order to discuss the themes of the work and the work process.
This activity was made possible thanks to the support of the Municipality of Wrocław and as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO), financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, investment A2.5.1: Programme supporting the activities of entities in the cultural and creative sectors