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REPRESENTATION OF S. CECILIA

November 20, 2010 time: 18:00
St. James Festival
REPRESENTATION OF S. CECILIA

Ancient Theatre Company of St. James

REPRESENTATION OF S. CECILIA

OF ANTONIO Spezzani

Represented in the Brotherhood of St. MARIA by Snow, said the Confalone of Bologna, in the monastery of S. & Procolo this year

1581 IN BOLOGNA,

in the printing of Gio Rossi.1581

With licentia of Superiors

Personaggi e interpreti in ordine di apparizione

Cecilia, Donatella Ricceri

Valeriano, Marco Muzzati

Eleuterio, Nerio Bonvicini

Teodora, Silvia Nannetti

Urbano, Emiliano Basile

Venerabile Vecchio, Gastone Sarti

Angelo, Laura Spimpolo

Tiburzio, Luigi Millaci

Almachio, Prefetto Alessandro Mischi

Massimo, Capitano Emiliano Basile

Pluto, Gastone Sarti

Megera, Silvia Stasi

Aletto, Cristian Previati

Tesifone, Emiliano Basile

Alessandro Imperatore, Marco Muzzati

Review and coordination of the text: Roberto Cascio

Collaboration: Donatella Ricceri

Costumes: Maria Castelvetro Lucia Simoneli

Percussion: Marco Muzzi

Among the acts
Music by of the Cappella Musicale di San Giacomo Maggiore

First Act

Afraid, Cecilia tells Valerian, his betrothed, he had consecrated to Christ, to whom he made a gift of perpetual virginity and chaste, ; your body and soul. Valeriano, confused, incredulous, amazed, trying to deflect loved by this dangerous frenzy. The passionate words of Valerian, the young Cecilia, without which the ancient gnarled oak, well, not only defended his convictions with tenacity but induces Valeriano to meet with people who can teach the faith of Christ so loved: Urban. Man of mature age and of noble aspect of lives, banished from the Empire, among the cavernous dens and caves, which lie outside Rome on the third of a mile. Valeriano, consenting for love rather than for conviction, goes in search of the old. Urban fear is seeing him get some killer Empire came to take him in a city not yet satiated with blood, nor of so many body parts for the faith of Christ. Trembling, Urban answered questions of the unknown, but as soon as it is heading that is sent by a servant of Christ named Cecilia, revitalizes and explains to his son, with love and enthusiasm, the principles of faith. An angel of God, under the guise of a venerable old door and hands Valeriano dall'empireo sky, the sacred dogmas ... .. carved in pure gold and blue.

Act Two

Cecilia anxiously awaits the return of his beloved. L 'Angelo, as a young beautiful and graceful, and the bride is confident that il suo fedel consorte è divenuto grato al suo Signore. Sopraggiunge Valeriano ma, non già qual era prima. L’Angelo lo accoglie. Fa avvicinare a sè i due giovani e li incorona di profumate ghirlande di rose e gigli. A lui chiede ancora di esprimere un desiderio perché Dio vuole concedere un’altra grazia al nuovo servo di Cristo. Valeriano desidera che anche suo fratello Tiburzio sia illuminato e acceso dal divino raggio. Al commiato dell’Angelo, quanto richiesto  è già avvenuto e mentre i giovani sposi ritornano, felici di essere di nuovo uniti in un unico destino, incontrano uno stordito Tiburzio. Un amorevole colloquio,  dapprima giocoso e scherzoso si tramuta in una congiunta e appassionata lode a Dio, tanto che il giovane fratello, impressionato, chiede con fede il battesimo. Il fratello, felice, lo conduce da Urbano.

Atto terzo

Siamo nelle stanze del palazzo imperiale. Almacchio,  il Prefetto e Massimo, suo Capitano, discutono con sprezzante ironia della stoltezza dei cristiani che condotti a patir strazi e morti, par che vadano a trionfi, alle nozze e ai conviti e che il loro unico scopo, quasi spreggiando il bello vivere di questo mondo, non sia altro che l’uscir di vita. Il Senato di Roma, riunitosi, decide di inasprire la caccia alla scellerata setta dei cristiani e di fare esemplari vendette dei loro oltraggi. Valeriano e Tiburzio, non sapendo di essere already suspected and searched after returning from Urban are recognized, captured and taken by the Prefect. Almacchio listen to bother with the words that the two brothers, he fascinated by some evil spirit, ask him. In front of their obstinacy, mocked the power of Christ, ruled that the two rebels be cut off their heads and their bodies remain unburied.

Act IV

Pluto, the devil, the Emperor of the Kingdoms Stig and summoned the furies of hell, its faithful handmaidens: Hag, Tisiphone and Aletha. Cecilia hates, cowardly and vile human being not only guilty of being born out of his flock, but even more souls to take away his servitude. Angered by this insult, Pluto, orders the Furies that the heart of the Emperor Alexander is filled with anger, hatred and anger towards those who dare to join in the faith of Christ. Cecilia, meanwhile, upset, eagerly awaiting the return of our beloved brothers, but will give Theodora and Eleuterio, moved, the sad news. The bodies of Tiburcio and Valerian, and lie unburied dead. The bride, with sorrow and pity shall, notwithstanding the severe penalties that an imperial edict has to bury the bodies of those who give Christians to bury those bodies holy and sacred, worthy of every honor.

Act fifth

It 's time of capture and trial of Cecilia. Accused of having buried the bodies of two brothers, is conducted before an emperor possessed of witchcraft and prey. Cecilia suffered assaults, temptations, and the cruel and frightening threats that malicious Pluto, for half of Alexander, employed. Almacchio, ruthless and complacent performer, devise, (for which a verdict had already been issued in the hellish holes), a cruel punishment: Cecilia must be immersed in boiling water in a large bowl. But, the waters become heated in a bath sweet and delicate. Almacchio order, therefore, that the villain has to be cut to the unequal Maga head. The three blows to the neck are still not enough to kill her. The Angel, fast, appears to Urban and urges it to return immediately to the bedside of sweet Cecilia, before the soul leaves the venerable body. With the blessing of Heaven Nuncio to Urban and the two faithful servants (who are quick to Cecilia) closes the work. The death of Cecilia in the representation is not there, instead there is a death that is not consumed, it does not arrive, despite everything, to enact the inevitable end of earthly life, almost an 'allegory to a higher life that as they say the last words of Cecilia, never ends.

Roberto Cascio.

Oratorio di Santa Cecilia - Via Zamboni 15 Bologna

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