Spasimo

A summer on the glittering shores of Lake Geneva in 1894 becomes the backdrop for a chilling mystery that still haunts the memories of those who witnessed it. In the elegant villa Cyclamens, the celebrated Countess d’Arda and the exiled Russian revolutionary Prince Alessio Zakunine are found in a tableau of sudden violence: a gunshot shatters the tranquil afternoon, and the countess lies dead, while the prince is left trembling, barely able to speak.

The immediate aftermath draws a crowd of curious onlookers, servants, and a local doctor, each trying to piece together what led to the fatal shot. As rumors swirl through the cosmopolitan community of expatriates, the survivor’s frantic cries—“It’s over!”—hint at deeper anguish and unanswered questions. Listeners are invited to step into the tense atmosphere of that fateful day, feeling the shock, the grief, and the bewildering silence that follows a tragedy that refuses to be easily explained.