Openning: 05/05/1997
Teatro dell' Opera, Roma
Italy

Compositor: Claude Debussy
Libretto: Gabriele d'Annunzio
Concept: Franc Aleu, Manuel Huerga, Àlex Ollé, Carlos Padrissa, Valentín Proczynski y Alfredo Taján; con la colaboración de Jaume Plensa.
Original Idea: A.M.A. Le Tre Caravelle
Stage version: La Fura dels Baus
Stage Direction and Set Designers: Àlex Ollé, Carlus Padrissa.
Video: Franc Aleu, Manuel Huerga.

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Debussy composed this unique opera from a libretto by D’Annunzio that tells the story of St. Sebastian’s unique journey to martyrdom. La Fura staged this “symbolic musical mystery”, re-elaborating, also symbolically, the images originally suggested by the text.