Time, at Civitella, is elastic: great geological spans and quick bird flights. You are cared for during your stay in soulful ways – stomach and spirit. Most importantly you are left alone to work with affection and concern in a place that is rich with history,...
I think a lot about solitude and gathering and Civitella offers both, particularly the latter. The time spent alone was rich with reflection on my family and history. I was able to read new things as well as re-familiarize myself with texts (I found myself...
I came to Civitella to begin my fourth opera. My goal was simply that, to begin, to leave Italy with SOMETHING, anything. I am leaving with three completed scenes, but that is so obviously not the point of the last month. Maybe the point was to wander through the...
When I learned that the great Israeli poet Dorit Weisman would be in residence at the same time as a Director’s Guest, I decided to scrap a piece-in-progress and begin again at Civitella, setting her powerful words. The weeks that I spent here were intensely...
