Castrati - Fame - Hunger - Love
Formerly known as “Chasing Icarus”
THE PITCH
SIZZLE REEL
From The Other Palace Theatre showcase, 2023
THE SONGS
The castrato Nero (he/him) dreams of soaring to the greatest artistic heights…
Violante (they/she) dresses up as a castrato, experiencing gender euphoria for the first time…
The rich and sadistic signora Olympia Orsini lets Nero know who truly rules in Rome…
Opening Number. Cira and Pera, journalists and socialites, hail the age of castrati...
The greatest castrato of all times, Il Divo, stuns the audience…
Violante’s inner demons come to taunt them in the middle of an etiquette lesson…
All our characters converge at the Roman Carnival…