The story within the story: Alice sings the greatest classics of the friend who changed her life, Franco Battiato. The Roman Theater of Ostia Antica provides the backdrop for the unique and magical atmosphere that connects the audience to the artist and the music. From “L’era del cinghiale bianco” (1979) to “La Cura” (1997) and “Per Elisa” (1981), the singer-songwriter from Forlì reprises songs rich in references to Italian literary tradition that have already marked the history of music.
A repertoire for connoisseurs; after all, extraordinary things attract each other, just like everything else.
Alice enters the stage to thunderous applause, uniting the audience as one. On stage, backed by the centuries-old trees of the park, are Maestro Carlo Guaitoli and the Solisti Aquilani. An evening entirely dedicated to the singer-songwriter from Milo, an absence that weighs heavily but is made present through music and the unwavering affection of the audience, who show their appreciation with an ovation when his name is mentioned.
The audience at the live show is adult, but attentive and engaged, capable of recognizing the social value of lyrics written long ago that are still relevant today. The applause at the second verse of Povera Patria is indicative of a chronic social and human disease that persists, that of wars that continue to claim victims, causing the same malaise as always.
“Among the rulers
How many perfect and useless buffoons
This country devastated by pain
But don’t those bodies on the ground without warmth
Give you a little sorrow?”
A song written in 1991 by Battiato, but one that perfectly describes the present.
The month of August in Rome ends on a note of elegance. Carla Bissi, as slender and light as ever, dressed in wide-leg pants and a ruffled shirt in a purple-brown color, appeared without pomp or exaggeration, with her usual grace.
Her face, on the other hand, is framed by her usual thick, dark hair. It is true that the years add delicacy to delicacy.
