Love. Legacy. A sweeter beginning.
The story & music
Inspired by true stories of Italian emigrants who set sail for North America—and arrived somewhere entirely unexpected.
“My parents left Italy in the 1960s with little more than courage and a dream.”Loredana Cunti · Creator & librettist
01 / The dream
From Naples, with hope.
Sixteen-year-old Caterina sets sail to join her fiancé in Canada.
02 / The detour
A different shore.
A shipping scam leaves her in Scotland, with little but her Nonna’s precious cocoa.
03 / The possibility
Life begins again.
A fisherman offers a new future. Can she let go of one dream to embrace another?