La Tempesta

One of the most symbolic and mysterious works of Shakespeare's Elizabethan repertoire comes to life on the stage of the Roman Theatre in Verona, for two important evenings on July 31st and August 1st.

With his unmistakable poetic and visionary style, Argentine director Alfredo Arias creates a poetic and original production that manages to engage the audience, immersing them in his world constructed with a universally recognizable language.

The protagonist of The Tempest is actor Graziano Piazza, who plays the role of Prospero: the magician, the demiurge, the ruler of the island where the shipwrecked people arrive after a storm he himself has unleashed.

Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, has been deposed by his brother Antonio with the help of Alonso, King of Naples, and abandoned at sea with his daughter Miranda. After twelve long years of exile on an island, with the help of Ariel – a spirit he freed from the witch Sicorace's dominion and who is now at his service – Prospero will unleash a tempest.

A ship carrying his ancient enemies will shipwreck on the shores of the island, and thus begins a performance in which Prospero, like a skilled director, orchestrates various episodes that will lead his adversaries to experience intrigues and betrayals. It will be Prospero's wisdom and magic that reveal the true nature of the traitors, and in light of his own baseness, the deposed duke will grant them his forgiveness. The island thus becomes the enchanted theater in which Prospero shows us the paths to follow to achieve forgiveness.