On May 16, MY NAME IS FLORIA premieres at the Teatro Ariosto in Reggio Emilia — a one-act opera by Virginia Guastella, commissioned by I Teatri – Festival Aperto and Reggio Parma Festival. The work gives voice and presence back to Floria Tosca, a figure too long trapped in a single tragic gesture.

Floria is not a heroine. She is a woman.
A voice that doesn’t scream, but carries weight.
One that inhabits silence after the noise.
That asks to be seen, not just remembered.

With the rare sensitivity of someone who knows how to touch the living matter of music, Guastella — who also wrote the libretto, drawing on Sardou, Giacosa, Illica, Shelley, and Keats — creates a new space for Floria: no longer a symbol, but a presence. With her fractures, her memory, her full voice.

Cast: Maria Eleonora Caminada, Laura Zecchini, Anastasia Egorova, Danilo Pastore, Giacomo Pieracci
Conductor: Marco Angius with the Icarus Ensemble
Direction, set, lighting, video: Luigi Noah De Angelis
Live electronics by Tempo Reale
Visual and theatrical production: Fanny & Alexander

A necessary act. Human, powerful.

Part of the Reggio Parma Festival – Arcipelaghi 2025 project.

🗓️ May 16 at 8 PM / May 18 at 3:30 PM
📍Teatro Ariosto – Reggio Emilia
🎟️ Tickets available on Vivaticket and via the link in bio