Donna Giovanna with bathrobe scene

Donna Giovanna, the Trickster of Salerno (Italian: Donna Giovanna, l'ingannatrice di Salerno) is a play written by the Italian poet, writer, dramatist, librettist and academic Menotti Lerro. The original title was just Donna Giovanna first published on 2015, performed on 25 November 2017 at the Biblioteca Marucelliana of Florence.[1][2] The play is considered an innovative[3] feminine and bisexual version of the mythical figure of Don Juan, El Burlador de Sevilla.[4]

Analysis and criticism

Donna Giovanna in a scene with Brunella and Arturo

The drama has been analyzed by the literary critic Francesco D’Episcopo from The University of Naples Federico II in the volume Menotti Lerro. Tra Drammaturgia e Narrativa (Genesi: 2019). In addition the play has been the subject of a degree dissertation by a student, Sara Cudia, from the University of Palermo. The same text became later the basis for a critical book about the innovative figure of a female and bisexual Don Juan[5] with the title Donna Giovanna di Menotti Lerro. L'innovazione del mito (Zona:2020). The Trickster of Salerno, Donna Giovanna, has been quickly perceived by critics as a brilliant character able to replace the outdated famous historical version that was, in fact, losing reasons to exist, due to profound changes occurring in our contemporary society's views of libertinism and seduction.[6] The new figure became popular after some fascinating representations: Florence (Biblioteca Marucelliana)[7] Milan (Teatro Fontana),[8] Naples (Teatro Sancarluccio) Borgo San Lorenzo (Villa Pecori Giraldi)[9] and Vallo della Lucania (Teatro Leo de Berardinis).[10] Furthermore, artists have dedicated operas at the new female libertine.[11][12]

Characters

Donna Giovanna seducing her waitress
  • Donna Giovanna - protagonist (has married a noble man); bored of her husband and men in general, she starts to feel deep attraction to people of the same sex
  • Dario - devote servant of Donna Giovanna
  • Don Ruggero - Donna Giovanna’s husband, often away for business reasons
  • Concettina - devote servant of Donna Giovanna; she will discover unsuspected homosexual feelings in herself
  • Brunella - victim of Donna Giovanna, she will commit suicide, feeling ashamed to have been cheated and seduced
  • Arturo - Brunella's husband, he will be manipulated by Donna Giovanna until he dies
  • GB - a rich man
  • Alice - hairdresser seduced by Donna Giovanna
  • Carolina - hairdresser
  • Spettro - ghost with triple identity: Arturo, Brunella and Donna Giovanna's father

Opera libretto

Donna Giovanna sitting on the stage

The play has been also published as a libretto for opera with the title Donna Giovanna, l'ingannatrice di Salerno, with prefaces of Maurizio Cucchi and Enrico Renna.

Bibliography

  • Francesco D'Episcopo, Menotti Lerro, tra drammaturgia e narrativa (Genesi: 2019).EAN 9788874147199
  • Sara Cudia, Donna Giovanna, l'innovazione del mito, Thesis dissertation discussed at The University of Palermo on 2019.
  • Sara Cudia, Donna Giovanna, l'innovazione del mito, (Zona: 2020). EAN 9788864388779
  • Valentina Sentsova, in La solitudine dei miti (Genesi: 2021), pp. 41–170. Donna Giovanna translated in Russian language. ISBN 978-8874148226
  • Donna Giovanna, l'ingannatrice di Salerno (Zona:2016 - with parallel translations into English, Spanish and Romanian languages) - Prefaces by Francesco D'Episcopo and Maria Rita Parsi EAN 9788864386089

References

  1. ↑ "Biblioteca Marucelliana - Archivio Eventi (dettaglio)". Maru.firenze.sbn.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Donna Giovanna - L'ingannatrice di Salerno". Storico.beniculturali.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  3. ↑ "Donna Giovanna: l'ingannatrice di Salerno - Ministero della cultura". Beniculturali.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  4. ↑ di Ottavio Rossani. "Domani a Milano Menotti Lerro presenta il tour teatrale del suo dramma "Donna Giovanna" che capovolge i canoni della seduzione | Poesia". Poesia.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Presentazione di libro ::Donna Giovanna l'ingannatrice di Salerno ::Instituto Cervantes de Napoli". Napoles.cervantes.es. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  6. ↑ Francesco D'Episcopo, Menotti Lerro. Tra drammaturgia e narrativa, Genesi 2019, p. 35.
  7. ↑ "Archivio eventi e mostre – Biblioteca Marucelliana". Marucelliana.cultura.gov.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  8. ↑ "lerro". Milano.zone. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  9. ↑ "MET - Teatro, libri e laboratori: eventi per tutti a Borgo San Lorenzo". Met.provincia.fi.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  10. ↑ di Ottavio Rossani. "Oggi e domani a Vallo della Lucania si rappresenta a teatro l'opera "Donna Giovanna, l'ingannatrice di Salerno" di Menotti Lerro | Poesia". Poesia.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  11. ↑ Francesco D'Episcopo, Menotti Lerro. Tra drammaturgia e narrativa, Genesi 2019, pp. 41-42.
  12. ↑ di Ottavio Rossani (2017-06-13). "Oggi a Milano presentazione di "Donna Giovanna. L'ingannatrice di Salerno" del poeta Menotti Lerro | Poesia". Poesia.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
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