Chronos parádoksos : genesi di un'opera poliglotta

My thesis focuses on the structural, poetical and musical choices of the “CHRONOS PARÁDOKSOS” project, winner in 2007 of the 09/2006 European Competition, proclaimed by EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Community) for a new opera aiming at the transmission of the European cultural identity and containig innovative musical aspects. The libretto of the opera is built by a choice of lines in 10 different languages by 24 poets: Eschilo (ancient Greek), W. Szymborska, Z. Herbert, C. MiƗosz (Polish), A. Machado, C. Vallejo (Spanish), J. Saramago (Portuguese), A. MacLeish (English), M. Buber, P. Celan, S.G. Frug, G. Kolmar, H. Kräftner, E. Weinert (German), E. Ady, M. Radnoti (Hungarian), P. Levi, M. Luzi, V. Sereni, G. Ungaretti (Italian), v. Hugo, F. Monod, J. Romains (French), Erasmus from Rotterdam (mediaeval Latin). My thesis contains also the libretto, complete with the direction notes, and the orchestral score of the opera.