Tue June 16, 2015
Flames in the Ice
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at Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
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Two Women/La Ciociara raises enduring and complex questions about love, loyalty, and the legacy of war. This opera takes its name from the eponymous Italian novel by Alberto Moravia that was adapted for the screen by Vittorio De Sica. These celebrated works deal with historical episodes of sexual violence that occurred in Italy in 1944. “All it takes is a ray of sun,” one opera character reassures another, “to awaken a flame in the ice…and call things to light.” Four scholars from the University of California, Berkeley (Lenore Kitts, Alexa Koenig, Carla Shapreau, Francesco Spagnolo) will explore why the opera’s daring subject matter remains relevant today, even seventy years later.
An ancillary event sponsored by San Francisco Opera in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law.
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An ancillary event sponsored by San Francisco Opera in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law.
Two Women/La Ciociara raises enduring and complex questions about love, loyalty, and the legacy of war. This opera takes its name from the eponymous Italian novel by Alberto Moravia that was adapted for the screen by Vittorio De Sica. These celebrated works deal with historical episodes of sexual violence that occurred in Italy in 1944. “All it takes is a ray of sun,” one opera character reassures another, “to awaken a flame in the ice…and call things to light.” Four scholars from the University of California, Berkeley (Lenore Kitts, Alexa Koenig, Carla Shapreau, Francesco Spagnolo) will explore why the opera’s daring subject matter remains relevant today, even seventy years later.
An ancillary event sponsored by San Francisco Opera in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law.
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An ancillary event sponsored by San Francisco Opera in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law.
show less
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Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
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