La recherche ici entreprise dans le village de Homo sacer ne porte pas sur les circonstances historiques dans lesquelles s'est accomplie la destruction des juif d'Europe mais sur la structure et la signification du témoignage. Il s'agit de prendre au sérieux le paradoxe de Primo Levi, selon lequel tout témoignage contient nécessairement une lacune, le témoin intégral étant celui qui ne peut témoigner. Il s'agit de ceux qui " ont touché le fond ", des déportés dont la mort " avait commencé avant la mort corporelle " - bref de tous ceux que, dans le jargon d'Auschwitz, l'on appelait les " musulmans "…
Torvaldo e Dorliska was Rossini's 16th opera, premiered in Rome in December, 1815, two months after Elisabetta… and two months before Barbiere. It has an odd tone–it's a so-called "rescue opera". The plot concerns the eponymous hero and heroine, who are married. The evil Duke loves Dorliska and attacks the couple on their wedding day and leaves Torvaldo for dead. Dorliska runs away but winds up (unknowingly) taking refuge at the Duke's castle and is imprisoned. When Torvaldo finds his way there he attempts to rescue her, but he also is taken prisoner. The Duke's embittered henchman, Giorgio (a comic role), helps the couple. The villagers rise up and the Duke is punished, while our heroes live happily.
–Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com
Torvaldo e Dorliska was Rossini's 16th opera, premiered in Rome in December, 1815, two months after Elisabetta… and two months before Barbiere. It has an odd tone–it's a so-called "rescue opera". The plot concerns the eponymous hero and heroine, who are married. The evil Duke loves Dorliska and attacks the couple on their wedding day and leaves Torvaldo for dead. Dorliska runs away but winds up (unknowingly) taking refuge at the Duke's castle and is imprisoned. When Torvaldo finds his way there he attempts to rescue her, but he also is taken prisoner. The Duke's embittered henchman, Giorgio (a comic role), helps the couple. The villagers rise up and the Duke is punished, while our heroes live happily.