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Rating: Attending a concert is always wonderful and exciting in general, but when you attend the concert of the artist you love the most and have followed for a lifetime, whether it's the first time, the second, or the tenth, it's something different, something special. Just like, with all due respect to stadiums, clubs, and arenas, the theater is something else.
The Teatro degli Arcimboldi is a temple of art, a sanctuary of beauty and splendor, and seeing Tori Amos in this context is like finding yourself suspended in time and stepping out of your own dimension, even though modernity is omnipresent in the mass of two thousand lit smartphones trying to film and photograph, to capture something that cannot actually be captured or told. As if it were really possible to explain, through videos and photos, a miracle to those who were not present.
Seeing her perform within the display of lights and sensations typical of her concerts, it's like reconnecting with your past self, being one with yourself, returning to the origin and meaning of things. It's like the finale of The Tree of Life, it is in a certain sense like approaching the sacred and the transcendent. And only art can achieve so much today. Just like the feeling of commonality, which sometimes only being together with so many others who share the same passion for an artist makes you experience. Applauding, calling out, waiting, finally exploding with joy and emotion, all together adoring a singer-songwriter who wasn't born to be universally known, like a Lady Gaga or Madonna, and in this lies the exceptional nature of the event.
Regarding the setlist, from God opening to Cornflake Girl and the second and final encore with Take to the Sky, in between the emotion for Crucify, the wonder of listening to Bells for Her, the beautiful title track of the latest and excellent 2021 album Ocean to Ocean, the pleasure of rediscovering a hidden gem like Bouncing off Clouds (from an ambitious and imperfect work, but worth rediscovering like American Doll Posse), and all the others, the level never drops. The only personal regret is the absence of pieces like A Sorta Fairytale and Precious Things, not fixed but recurrent classics in the ongoing European tour setlists.
But it's not the pieces themselves that matter, it's the overall experience I talked about.
An experience that was overwhelming and filled me. Also, symbolically closing the long circle - indeed already closed - of the pandemic. In fact, this was among the last concerts to be postponed due to restrictive measures, a little over a year ago.
"It made me reflect on my life and made me feel happy"
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