Chiara Benelli

"Ritratto di Rosa, all'italiana" stands as the second act of the trilogy begun in 2019 with "Portrait de Rosa, à la française." The poetry of the first chapter is replaced by a melody that takes the viewer back among the waves of a journey, among rocks and shells. A song full of love and hope from the past, setting the end of youth and the beginning of maturity.

Lilith, a wood nymph, is lured through magic to Klingsor’s castle, where she is held spellbound. Klingsor, a disgraced knight who has turned to witchcraft after being castrated, is after young women to take as ornaments for his enchanted garden. After she gradually regains awareness of her nature and her powers, Lilith turns on Klingsor. With the aid of the other captive women, who have now become her disciples, she brings a new order to the castle.