A Vatican composer is to stage an opera based on Dante's Divine Comedy, with visions of heaven, hell and purgatory. The lavish production is reported to include 200 performers and musicians, six projectors and a huge stage. The composer, Monsignor Marco Frisina, has said it will contain a variety of musical styles, with hell illustrated with rock, punk and rave.
Frisina has written a large number of songs and soundtracks, for TV movies as well as religious works.
Reports suggest heaven will be full of classical style melodies, the limbo of purgatory will be illustrated with Gregorian Chant, with hell full of more jarring music. He confirmed most of the opera's lyrics are taken directly from the poem, a classic considered one of the first works of Italian literature. The dancing routines were also inspired by Dante's descriptions, and elaborate sets will be enhanced by dozens of images projected on screens, Frisina said.
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