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  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    PS22_005.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_011.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_010.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_009.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_006.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_008.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_003.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_002.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_007.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_004.jpg
  • 18 December, 2008. New York, NY. Choir director Gregg Breinberg, 36, directs his fifth grade students from the Graniteville School chorus in Staten Island, at the Kitchen Club restaurant for a Bruce Weber private party in Manhattan, NY. <br />
<br />
The story of P.S. 22 Chorus began in the fall of 1999 when Breinberg arrived at the 1,250 student K-5 elementary school after being excised from his first music teaching job at nearby P.S. 60 in Staten Island.   Unfortunately for Mr. Breinberg, himself a Staten Island native, P.S. 22 didn't have any available music jobs so he found himself in the unfamiliar position of second grade teacher.<br />
<br />
"It was never my intention to be a classroom teacher," Breinberg dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and grey sweatshirt, said.  "In the absence of a music job, I used music to teach second grade. Everything I taught from math to english, I taught with music."<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    PS22_001.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: The rehearsal of "Winter Journet" takes place before the premiere at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) , composer of the opera "Winter Journey", is seen here  at work during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63, Carlo Tenan (in the background) and  Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer, conductor and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here discussing during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: A view of the Royal box of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: The rehearsal of "Winter Journet" takes place before the premiere at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) , composer of the opera "Winter Journey", is seen here  at work during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
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Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
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Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
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Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
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Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • ROME, ITALY - 11 MARCH 2013: The chorus of the Pontifical North American College rehearsals a song they will wing in St. Peter's square during the conclave in Rome, Italy, on March 11, 2013. ..The Pontifical North American College is a Roman Catholic educational institution that forms seminarians for priestly ministry in the dioceses in the United States and that provides a residence for American priests pursuing graduate studies...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Carlo Tenan, conductor of the opera "Winter Journey", is seen here at work  during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63)  Roberto Andò (60) and Carlo Tenan, respectively composer, director and conductor of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here discussing during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63)  Roberto Andò (60) and Carlo Tenan, respectively composer, director and conductor of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here discussing during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: The rehearsal of "Winter Journet" takes place before the premiere at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) , composer of the opera "Winter Journey", is seen here  at work during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
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Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Carlo Tenan, conductor of the opera "Winter Journey", is seen here at work  during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63)  Roberto Andò (60) and Carlo Tenan, respectively composer, director and conductor of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here discussing during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63, Carlo Tenan (in the background) and  Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer, conductor and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here discussing during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: A view of the Royal box of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
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Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63)  Roberto Andò (60) and Carlo Tenan, respectively composer, director and conductor of the opera "Winter Journey", are seen here discussing during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: The rehearsal of "Winter Journet" takes place before the premiere at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Francesco Giambrone (62), the superintendent of the Teatro Massimo, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Mr Giambrone said that the opera was a natural fit for Palermo, which has remained an open, hospitable city under the guidance of mayor Leoluca Orlando, the most dominant figure in local politics for the past 30 years. <br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: The rehearsal of "Winter Journet" takes place before the premiere at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (L-R) Ludovico Einaudi (63) , composer of the opera "Winter Journey", is seen here  at work during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: The rehearsal of "Winter Journet" takes place before the premiere at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019:  Ludovico Einaudi (63), composer of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: Roberto Andò (60), director of the opera "Winter Journey", poses for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
<br />
The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
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Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
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“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 1 OCTOBER 2019: (R-L) Ludovico Einaudi (63) and Roberto Andò (60), respectively composer and director of the opera "Winter Journey", pose for a portrait during the rehearsal  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on October 1st 2019.<br />
<br />
Co-produced by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, “Winter Journey”, which has its world premiere here on Friday, tells the story of desperate migration from troubled, war-torn countries towards Europe, in its indifference and rejection. <br />
<br />
“It is a journey towards a country where they will find hostility, a cold welcome or perhaps no welcome at all, to a place where there is a winter of the soul,” said the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, who wrote the score of the opera to a libretto by the Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín. “It is a journey to a hostile world, without points of reference, in which your soul can die,” he said. <br />
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The story is told from the perspective of three characters – a man from an unnamed country moving from hardship to hardship on his way to Europe in search of a better life – and the woman and child he has left behind. The choir serves as a Greek chorus while a politician (played by an actor) intervenes intermittently with refrains that will be familiar to many European ears: “The boat cannot dock at our port”, “Why should we deal with this problem” and “We do not want strangers on our streets.”
    CIPG_20191001_NYT_WinterJourney_M3_4...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 11 MARCH 2013: The chorus of the Pontifical North American College rehearsals a song they will wing in St. Peter's square during the conclave in Rome, Italy, on March 11, 2013. ..The Pontifical North American College is a Roman Catholic educational institution that forms seminarians for priestly ministry in the dioceses in the United States and that provides a residence for American priests pursuing graduate studies...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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