Ringparabel in Selinunte (Italy)

Inspired by the famous parable of the ring, by “Nathan il Saggio” by Lessing and by the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, Ringparabel is a tale told in the music of Gloria Bruni for orchestra, mezzosoprano, bass and choir.

Recha, Saladin, Nathan and all the characters of the Parable intertwine their story with the direct testimony of the one who is in charge of making perfect copies of the original ring.
A blacksmith, not a simple craftsman, a master of the ancient art of metallurgy, an archaic figure that leads back to myth, primordial forces, the mystery of fire and truth, to beauty as an expressive harmony that remains beyond the caducity of experience and form.
Everything takes place in a oneiric foundry animated by men and iron beams, where coexistence is marked by the rigidity of the forms that multiply endlessly in labyrinths, portals, corridors.
In this angular and hostile space, the truth moves represented by a small flame, with unpredictable and disquieting forms.
The characters of Ringparabel are born from the scene, follow each other, meet and clash continuously between perimeters that seem immutable, while the singing and the music arouse and draw endless perspectives suggesting as nothing unites the different beliefs more than the conviction of feeling in true.

Ringparabel, history of spirituality, welcome, respect for life and for the doctrine has thus become a work for music, theater and dance and was staged inside the Archaeological Park of Selinunte and in that of Heraclea Minoa with the directed by Aurelio Gatti, long involved in the project of the Teatri di Pietra, now in its 19th edition.