“L’eredità dei giusti - explains the director Emanuela Giordano - is a deep dive into memory, re-evoking the shock felt by our nation when, in 192, Italy mourned the loss of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. The two magistrates were killed just a few weeks apart, together with their bodyguards. Exactly ten years earlier, again in Palermo, the mafia killed General Dalla Chiesa, his wife and a bodyguard. The massacres in Capaci and Via D’Amelio were aimed at underlining the organisation’s desire to challenge the State, and it delivered this message in a striking manner. However, the attacks provoked a reaction from the people that the mafia possibly did not expect. Countless people flooded the streets, calling for justice. The omerta practised by the Sicilian upper classes clashed with the undeniable truth that it was time to react, to not be afraid, to form a united front”.
Unfortunately, there is still far to go; while organised crime no longer kills in this manner, it is no less dangerous, on the contrary creeping into all corners of society and wearing a mask of apparent respectability.

“The legacy of the righteous (the meaning of the title of the play) is a heavy burden - says Marco Tutino -. It forces us to realise that we can say no to the injustice, violence and arrogance of criminality and the mafia mentality; we can say no. Falcone and Borsellino continue to ask this of us, and repeat their request every time we remember them, either publicly or privately; don’t look the other way, don’t lower your guard. It is a call that we cannot ignore now, when everything seems so strong and invincible and impossible to counter with our fragile and defenceless individual will. This story of music, song and words is our way to underline the possibility to rebel, and to not forget those who did all of this for us. In a complex and beautiful land, which has seen great poetry and profound and precious thought emerge alongside evil. A story of personal experiences and hope, amplified by the music that plays a central role in the performance”.