You Are My Destiny (Lo stupro di Lucrezia)
December 3d-14th 2014
Odéon 6e
Antonio L. Pedraza, Borja López, Emilio Marchese, Antonio Pauletta, Isaac Torres, Roberto de Sarno, Antonio Veneziano
The story of Lucretia as it is generally understood, is that of a rape, the revenge of which led to the founding of the Roman Republic. But Angelica Liddel adopts a completely different point of departure. « In the beginning » the artist tells us « I wanted to talk about desire, the power that sex has over will, my intention was to try and understand Tarquin. » As a consequence, the entire fable is reinvented : « I am writing as a poet and not as a woman. What interests me are the various movements and convulsions of the mind. » In Venice, she began by meeting twelve actors, « twelve Tarquins of boundless generosity », then some Ukrainian singers that she immediately included in her project. And it was thus that the fates of Lucretia and Tarquin became radically transformed….
*Certain scenes in this performance may be inappropriate for a younger audience. It is therefore not recommended for children 16 or younger.
