Passio Christi

Description

Marco Frisina (1954-*): Passio Christi, opera-oratorio The opera-oratorio "Passio Christi" recounts the events of the Lord's Passion, from the Last Supper to the dawn of the resurrection. The story is told through the feelings and emotions of certain characters who participated in various ways: Peter, Judas, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, the Cyrenian, the soldier Longinus, and the Angels. Each character sings verses from saints and poets of the world in a different language (Italian, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Latin, and Ancient Greek) to represent the entire world before the mystery of human suffering. The dramatic structure of the opera follows the ancient structure of sacred representations: in fact, its original form is designed for dramatization and stage action. The events of the Gospel are interspersed with the arias of the different characters, which constitute a kind of cinematic "still image."