Le Disgraziate

After my experiences this week with Italian public transportation, I’ve decided to write an opera. It’s called “Le Disgraziate” (“The Wretches”) It’s about two lovers on opposite ends of a metro train, trying to reach each other in the middle car before one of them dies of heat, stench, or asphyxiation. The chorus a\is the other bus riders. The cast includes train musicians, gypsies, and tourists. The main aria will be “Non schende mai nessuno!” (Nobody’s ever getting off”) The tourist will sings “Where the hell are we?” while the gypsies pick their pockets. At the end, the hero and heroine finally see each other at opposite ends of the middle car. But before they can embrace, the heroine is crushed to death by the mob coming on the metro at Termini Station. Fini.