Friday, September 14, 2018 – Moni Ovadia took part in Molte Fedi 2018 with his theatrical performance titled “God Laughs. Nish Koshe”, held at the Teatro Serassi in Villa d’Almè, Bergamo.
The event was promoted by ACLI Bergamo, with the support of Fondazione Pesenti.
Simkha Rabinovich and his fellow travelers continue to tell the story of the Jewish people—a people of exiles. Their music and songs evoke the melodies created by this world of large, small, and tiny communities to celebrate holidays, ceremonies, and rites of passage.
They recount reflections in search of an ineffable divine presence—present and absent, alive and possibly nonexistent; a father and mother, a redeemer who longs to be redeemed—accompanying the journey of women, men, and all living beings toward a more peaceful world of justice and harmony.
Moni Ovadia Stage Orchestra
Maurizio Dehò – Luca Garlaschelli – Albert Florian Mihai – Paolo Rocca – Marian Serban
Set design, costumes, image design Elisa Savi
Audio project Mauro Pagiaro
Lighting Cesare Agoni, Sergio Martinelli
Video contributions Massimo Ottoni
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1946 to a Sephardic Jewish family, he studied political science at university before launching his artistic career as a researcher, singer, and performer of ethnic and folk music from various countries.
In 1984, he began working in theater—initially collaborating with international artists such as Bolek Polivka, Tadeusz Kantor, and Franco Parenti, and later establishing himself as a creator, director, actor, and troupe leader of a very personal form of “musical theater.”
His performances and vast output of music recordings and writings are rooted in the diverse and multifaceted traditions of the Jewish people. He portrays a “cultural and literal wandering,” embracing the many languages and sounds passed down by a culture that totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century tried to erase—a culture he revives for future generations.
VIDEO
https://www.facebook.com/moltefedi/videos/872488942947982/
Molte Fedi 2018