Sirene is a work of theatre-music based on Book XII of the Odyssey. Written and performed by David Moss and Roberto Paci Dalò, with the authors on stage also the actor and director Marcello Sambati. The scene is left bare, few elements characterize it evoking a small ship sailing; the space remains open to the work of the performers, to the text and to the metrics.
The music, the sound is based on iteration and variation, spreads fragments of the text in ancient Greek sampled and used live on stage. It progressively reaches a melody. When you hear the sirens the sea suddenly becomes becalmed, like oil. The crew is forced to row in a suspended situation in a claustrophobic ship, there is only the voice at this point. What it takes, what it means has to do with hearing and not sight.