The first gay opera is about to shake the Italian audience. The preparations for "The Mask Of Punkitititi" are kept secret due to the public disapproval of the event. No official rehearsal photos, no strangers at general rehearsals...the director, Kuirino Konti, claims he even "received threatening from the politicians-catholics". The organizers, nevertheless, say "it is a chaste opera, homosexuality is just one of the many issues we touched upon".
The event takes place at the Nazionale, the Rome opera provided the director with the money, hall, choir and orchestra. The music was written by Marco Taralli, who says that his music is rather dynamic and some arias are really hooky".


2007.12.19