Teho Teardo and Elio Germano Perform Céline's Journey to the End of the Night

At the Teatro Comunale in Teramo, a performance of Louis-Ferdinand Céline's novel Journey to the End of the Night featured actor Elio Germano and musician Teho Teardo, with Ambra Chiara Michelangeli on viola and Elena De Stabile on violin. The show began at 21:00 with Germano reciting the prologue, embodying the protagonist Bardamu. Teardo's manipulated electronics and guitar, alongside classical strings, created a soundtrack that oscillated between noise and lyrical passages, reflecting the novel's Dadaist negation of bourgeois values and the absurdity of war. The performance highlighted Céline's critique of patriotism and the dehumanization of conflict, with music and text alternating seamlessly to evoke the novel's suspended meaning. Germano's dry, distorted tone conveyed the protagonist's sarcastic truths, while the strings provided a lyrical counterpoint. The event was covered by Artribune.