Silenzio

Opera Zuid commissioned the Dutch composer Karmit Fadael to write a work that aligns with the themes of Giacomo Puccini's Le Villi . Silenzio is Fadael's contemporary response to this. In Le Villi , and Dreya Weber's staging thereof, the forest is central. This became the starting point for the composer: the forest as a metaphor for everyone's search in life.

Inspired by the word 'silenzio' – silence – Fadael plays in her composition with the musing of thoughts, the inner search, and the musical articulation of someone looking for herself. Fadael's reflection on Anna, the main character in Le Villi , is striking. She too turns to the forest to find answers to her life questions; she too finds peace and quiet in the arms of the trees.

Silenzio lasts approximately 15 minutes and is sung in Italian with Dutch and English surtitles.