MitoCanto: A New Musical Genre
Demetra does not belong to traditional opera, nor can it be defined as a musical. It represents
something entirely new: a musical genre called MitoCanto.
Audiences who listen to the music of Demetra — the musical drama composed by Giuseppe Elia Monni — are struck by its extraordinary fusion of diverse elements: American musical theatre, classical opera, Italian and French popular songs of the 1960s, the timeless force of ancient Greek myth.
Demetra resists conventional classification, as it transcends established genres.
Or perhaps, more accurately, it inaugurates one, a new way of narrating the myths of the Mediterranean — blending ancient and modern musical traditions and proving that these eternal stories continue to move and captivate contemporary audiences.
A new musical genre has been born. Its name is MitoCanto!
Demetra may be its first expression, but it will not be the last.