2000
Sirene is a work of music theatre based on Book XII of the Odyssey and in particular focused on the figure of the Siren. Written and performed by David Moss and Roberto Paci Dalò, with the actor and director Marcello Sambati also on stage with the authors. The stage is left sparse; a few elements characterise it, evoking a small vessel in navigation; the space remains open to the work of the performers, to the text and to the metre.
The Sirens are both marine and human creatures, thus they represent ambiguity: they are amphibious, they have two lives, two parts of the body. Their existence offers the possibility to reflect on life, on the evolution of the species; it is the living being that is recalled to the water, to the womb, to the amniotic fluid. The music, the sound, is based on interaction and variation; it disseminates fragments of the text in Ancient Greek, sampled and used live on stage. It gradually arrives at a melody. When the Sirens are heard, the sea suddenly becomes calm, like oil. The crew is forced to row in a state of suspension in a claustrophobic vessel; at this point there is only the voice. What takes hold, what carries meaning, has to do with hearing and not with sight.
