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September, 13rd – 9.15 p.m. MINOTAURO on Rai 5
27/06/2018 61 Festival dei 2 Mondi di Spoleto. Teatro Nuovo, spettacolo di lirica Minotauro, nella foto
Minotauro Gianluca Margheri baritono
Arianna Benedetta Torre soprano
Teseo Matteo Falcier tenore
Vittime ateniesi
Federico Benvenuto, Irene Ciani, Renato Civello, Serena De Siena, Eugenia Faustini, Angelo Galdi, Alessia Genua, Cecilia Guzzardi, Francesco Iaia, Paolo Marconi, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Eleonora Pace, Giulia Tomaselli, Carlo Zanotti
MINOTAURO
grand opera in 10 scenes
music Silvia Colasanti
libretto René de Ceccatty and Giorgio Ferrara
conductor Jonathan Webb
director and scenography Giorgio Ferrara
costumes Vincent Darré
lighting Fiammetta Baldiserri
Minotaur Gianluca Margheri baritone
Arianna Benedetta Torre soprano
Theseus Matteo Falcier tenor
Athenian victims
Federico Benvenuto, Irene Ciani, Renato Civello, Serena De Siena, Eugenia Faustini, Angelo Galdi, Alessia Genua, Cecilia Guzzardi, Francesco Iaia, Paolo Marconi, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Eleonora Pace, Giulia Tomaselli, Carlo Zanotti graduate actors of Accademia d’Arte Drammatica “Silvio d’Amico” in Rome
Orchestra Giovanile Italiana
International Opera Choir
choir master Gea Garatti
based on the ballad Minotaurus
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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assistant director Patrizia Frini
technical manager Ottorino Neri
production coordinator Silvia Stoppani
stage manager Fabrizio Pisaneschi
assistant to costumes Marta Rinaldi
piano master Daniela Pellegrino
stage masters Edina Bak, Meri Piersanti
lighting master Carmine Diodoro
head of sceneshifters sector Paolo Zappelli
supervisors sceneshifters Michele Colella, Massimiliano Marotta
sceneshifters Andrea Becchetti, Leonardo Bellini, Enrico Calabresi, Alessio Lodovichetti, Fabio Pibiri, Alessandro Gobbi
moving light operator Roberto Gelmetti
head electrician Simone De Angelis
electricians Davide Baldoni, Marco Mosca
lighting systems supervisor Graziano Albertella for Spanensemble
phonic supervisor Emanuele Carlucci
prop manager Patrizia Valentini
propwoman Marta Tazza
costume shop supervisor Chiara Crisolini Malatesta
seamstresses Marian Osman Mohamed, Serenella Orti, Francesca Persichini, Giuliana Rossi
costumes Farani Sartoria Teatrale
make-up and wigs supervisor Roberto Maria Paglialunga
masks Laboratorio Artigianale Laboracuoio
scenographic elements Mekane srl Roma, Arte Idea srl Roma, Laboratorio di Scenotecnica ePittura del Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto
festival scenography supervisor Claudio Balducci
audio service Arcadia Digital srl – Roma
lights Arcadia Digital srl – Roma
surtitles Prescott
show business structures and services Atmo Divisione Gioform srl
pianos Angelo Fabbrini
piano tuner Luigi Fusco
transports S.I.C.A.F. Spoleto
remote lighting control E.T.C. Italia www.etcconnect.com
The Minotaur: in this opera the myth of a terrifying monster becomes a “human” drama, the drama of a being dealing with himself, actually with an infinite number of himself reflected by the mirorred walls of the labyrint.
In contrast, human beings – here represented by Teseo and Arianna – are the actual perpetrators.
In addition to the three leading voices – Minotaur, Arianna and Teseo – the Chorus of the Birds, sort of modern Greek chorus, death omen and witness who comments on the action. A small orchestra frames the protagonists vocal lines becoming protagonist on its turn, at some action’s formal turning points. The Moon and the Sun go along with the relentless fate of the monster.
As opposed to the Minotaur’s loneliness, his young victims who form an ominous ring around him before to get killed, one after another, in a strongly percussive and abstract struggle.
The finale is left to the Chorus of the Birds: a long intimate and sore prayer accompanied by gloomy bells.
Silvia Colasanti
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