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to scratch an angel is a new opera ~ with original libretto and music by Ari Frankel ~ inspired by the life, writings, and death of Primo Levi [1919-1987]. Without quoting Levi's words, the work channels impressions while exploring implications, through tonal/modal orchestral, lyrical and visual poetry.to scratch an angel's timeline, singing and sound morph techniques in search of truth, passion, and knowledge.
A serious, yet attractive and entertaining work, it looks at life, and at living without being alive; it explores emotions with unblinking honesty, observing actions and tracking consequences.
"I write because I am a chemist," explained Levi. "Chemistry is a struggle with matter, a masterpiece of rationality, an existential parable. Chemistry teaches vigilance combined with reason."
"I compose because I am alive," explains Frankel. "At his best, Levi's palette was humankind and language. Those battlefields are where to scratch an angel's journey begins.
With great focus and talent, Frankel has created a monument of beauty, now searching for a presenting home. Invite to scratch an angel into your life..
image: Primo Levi in his study, late 1986 ~ photo credit: Giansanti/Sygma
site updated August 2011