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The Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena, whose patronage integrates the Community, the City of Cartagena and the Cajamurcia Foundation, opens tomorrow, April 27 (7:30 pm), the new temporary exhibition 'Catulli Carmina.
Odi et amo ', inspired by the cantata created by the German composer Carl Orff on the poems of Catullus (84-54 BC).
The verses of the Latin poet have been the source of inspiration for the artists Manuel Delgado, Elisa Ortega, Manolo Pardo and Rafa Richart.
The tour of the exhibition is an immersion in the classical world, in the Latin poetry of Catullus musically recovered by Carl Orff, where the poetic imagination and the word give birth, using stamping techniques, the works of artists from the perspective of art contemporary.
The look at the past of the four artists reflects that intention to turn the ancient world into a meeting and dialogue point.
The General Director of Cultural Heritage, Juan Antonio Lorca, said that "it is usual to be able to contemplate exhibitions in the Cartagena museum whose works are inspired or related to the classical world, in this case, the exhibition evokes the beauty of the ancient theater in an emblematic place , the Roman Theater of Cartagena, which has become an example of heritage enhancement and recovery of that past and that history that constitute the identity of our Region ".
The temporary exhibitions, he added, "complement the magnificent permanent collection of the museum, the most visited of the Region of Murcia, a space that increases this year its programming and activities to mark the celebration of the European Year of Cultural Heritage."
The exhibition
The sample 'Catulli Carmina.
Odi et amo 'brings the audience closer to the protagonists of the story, as if it were about Roman portraits, and presents the passionate young Catullus and his beloved Lesbia, his infidel friend, Caelus, and also the two prostitutes, Ipsitilla and Ammiana
Close this block of characters Lanternari, who almost leaves the scene to illuminate with his lamp and warn that the work begins.
From this moment on, the artists delve into the theatrical work and create, in another format, twelve plastic scenes that illustrate the 'Odi et amo' by Catullus and Lesbia, where each scene is accompanied by the verses of the poet in which the creators have been inspired.
The poet Catullus was the precursor of the Latin amorous elegy, far from myths and heroes, and focused his lyrics on his most intimate experiences.
In the so-called 'Poems to Lesbia' he related his passion, but also disappointment and hatred towards his beloved Clodia, a woman whom he called Lesbia in his verses.
To this is added the idea of ​​Orff to put music to these verses, in an impressive work in which, through the repetition of phrases and syncopated rhythms, evokes that timeless sound as brought from antiquity.
The twelve scenes of Orff's cantata also inspire paintings by painters.
Beginning with the call to the public, 'Oíd y ved' ('Audite acvidete!'), Manuel Delgado places the visitor on the stage of history by drawing an almost theatrical set where the characters appear;
while Manuel Pardo, in 'Odi et amo', presents on a blue background a Catullus who sings his desperate love for Lesbia.
In Rafa Richart's 'Over a thousand kisses', in a dry point, that love and desire is traced rhythmically through the repetition in several visions of the faces of the lovers.
In this way, the artists with their paintings draw a tour of the musical theater, closing this block the collage of Elisa Ortega 'Mea Lesbia Culpa', whose letters as a graffiti stand out on the wall in a passion red, while a Catulo dejected leaves the scene while Lesbia reaches out to him as if he wanted to hold him back.
The exhibition 'Catulli Carmina.
Odi et amo 'can be visited at the Museo del Teatro Romano from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Sundays, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
You can get more information about this and other activities at www.teatroromanocartagena.org.
Source: CARM
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