77th EXPERIMENTAL LYRICAL SEASON OF SPOLETO AND UMBRIA
EINE KLEINE MUSIK 2023
THE LAW and THE EYES OF HYPATIA
Caio Melisso Theatre – Spoleto (PG)
Thursday 24 August at 20.30 (for organised groups)
Friday 25th August at 20.30
Saturday 26 August at 20.30
Sunday 27 August at 17.00
Duration: approx. 60 minutes
The first and last works of a great contemporary composer presented together
A preview of the season, the customary musical kermesse, in collaboration with the Municipality of Spoleto, this year presents a diptych of works by the famous composer Giacomo Manzoni, who recently turned 90. At the Teatro Caio Melisso from 24 August to 27 August, La legge (The Law), the maestro’s first opera composed in 1955 and reworked for the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale, and Gli occhi di Ipazia (The Eyes of Hypatia), the last composition commissioned by the Sperimentale, will be performed. The direction is by Marco Angius and the staging is by Claudia Sorace / Muta Imago. Performers are the singers of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale.
OPERALIEDER
Le donne, i cavallier, l’arme, gli amori 2
Sala Monterosso, Villa Redenta Complex – Spoleto (PG)
Monday 28 August at 21.00
Duration: approx. 50 minutes
An evening immersed in Franz Schubert’s songs
The performance Le donne, i cavallier, l’arme e gli amori 2 will feature the singers of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto, directed by Laura Cosso and accompanied on the piano by Maestro Luca Spinosa. The pieces by Franz Schubert will deal with typical Lieder themes and transport the audience into a visionary evening at the Villa Redenta Complex in Spoleto.
A HAND OF BRIDGE and I DUE TIMIDI
Teatro Nuovo – Spoleto (PG)
Friday 1 September at 20.30
Saturday 2 September at 20.30
Sunday 3 September at 17.00
Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Two 20th century operas on stage in Spoleto
The diptych formed by A hand of bridge, an opera by American composer Samuel Barber with libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, and I due timidi, an opera by Oscar winner Nino Rota with libretto by Suso Cecchi D’Amico, will be staged at the Teatro Nuovo. Direction is by Gian Rosario Presutti and direction by Giorgio Bongiovanni. “The two works that make up the diptych are apparently very different,” says director Giorgio Bongiovanni. “A hand of bridge” is a story without action, which takes place in the thoughts of the characters. “I due timidi”, on the other hand, is a typical Italian farce, with very Italian exchanges of person and misunderstandings. Yet one immediately grasps a common theme running through the two plays: the characters cannot communicate, they are forced into a terrible loneliness, which is the loneliness of our human condition”. Vocal performers will be the singers of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto accompanied by the instrumental Ensemble of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale.
18TH CENTURY INTERMEZZOS
The frankness of women and Moschetta and Grullo
Caio Melisso Theatre – Spoleto (PG)
Friday 8 September at 21.00
Saturday 9 September at 21.00
Sunday 10 September at 17.00
Duration: approx. 50 minutes
The recovery of two 18th century intermezzos in collaboration with the Centro Studi Pergolesi
In collaboration with the Pergolesi Centre – University of Milan, the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale will present at the Teatro Caio Melisso La franchezza delle donne in diptych with Moschetta and Grullo, buffo intermezzos from the 18th century composed by Giuseppe Sellitti and Domenico Sarri. An important recovery thanks to the new critical editions by musicologists Antonio Dilella and Claudio Toscani. The direction is entrusted to Pierfrancesco Borrelli, an expert musician in the baroque repertoire, while the direction is by Andrea Stanisci. The productions are made possible thanks to the support of the Francesca, Valentina and Luigi Antonini Foundation.
TURANDOT
Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti – Spoleto (PG)
Tuesday 12 September at 18.00 (preview for schools)
Wednesday 13 September at 10.00 (preview for schools)
Thursday 14 September at 10.00 (preview for schools)
Friday 15 September at 20.30
Saturday 16 September at 20.30
Sunday 17 September at 17.00
An opera in the time of fairy tales… a timeless fairy tale on stage.
The traditional opera to be presented in Spoleto at the Teatro Nuovo and in Perugia, Foligno, Città di Castello and Todi as part of the Umbria Regional Opera Season will be Giacomo Puccini’s unfinished masterpiece Turandot. Conductor Carlo Palleschi will conduct the singers, chorus and orchestra. The direction is by Alessio Pizzech and the stage design by Andrea Stanisci; costumes by Clelia De Angelis and lighting by Eva Bruno. In the various roles the singers of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto will perform, alternating over the 12 scheduled performances.
RESERVATIONS
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In Spoleto: Bar CMB piazza della Vittoria n.24 – Tel. 0743.47967
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Organisation
Experimental Lyric Theatre “A. Belli” Spoleto
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