Name: Il Telefono & La Medium
Start: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Politeama

Organization

Varese Estense Festival Menotti

Conductor

Enrico Saverio Pagano

Stage director

Serena Nardi

Set designer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Marco Signorini

Organizational Direction

Mara Grisoni

Singer

Soprano

Sabrina Cortese

Lucy England

Maria Eleonora Caminada

Monica

Contralto

Manuela Custer

Madame Flora (Baba)

Mrs Gobineau

Mezzo-soprano

Ilaria Molinari

Mrs Nolan

Silent

Samuele Satta

Toby

Baritone

Giacomo Nanni

Mr Gobineau

Ben Upthegrove

Teatro Fraschini di Pavia

Orchestra

Orchestra Canova

Teatro Giorni Dispari

Madame Flora

Lucy/Mrs. Gobineau

Ben/Mr. Gobineau

Mrs. Nolan

itaalia

Il Telefono & La Medium

Pavia

Italy

Teatro Politeama

Milan

Teatro Dal Verme

Varese

Teatro Nuovo

Public

Private

The Telephone

The Medium

Cristian Damir Martinez Vega

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Bass-baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Spoken

Il Telefono & La Medium: The Telephone Menotti (+1 More)

Gian Carlo Menotti is a classic example of Nemo propheta in patria: much loved in the United States, famous throughout the world, but still rarely performed in Italy. The diptych The Telephone & The Medium, first performed in New York in 1946, consists of two very different short works. The first tells the surreal relationship between Ben and Lucy, hampered by her obsession with her phone. An extremely current theme, considering how much we are addicted to smartphones today, but shown in a light and fun way. The Medium, on the other hand is probably the only operatic example of noir, has as its plot a series of events triggered by a fake seance, in a succession of scenes full of suspense comparable to a yellow film, a genre that – in the 1940s – was achieving great popularity.

Menotti has been defined by many scholars as the heir of Giacomo Puccini, he was capable of transporting and adapting Italian opera to American taste. This new production of the Varese Estense Festival – Menotti sees a cast led by an international star like Manuela Custer, alongside young promises of Italian opera. Conducting his Canova Orchestra is Enrico Saverio Pagano, already included by Forbes magazine in the list of 100 Under 30 destined to change Italy. Direction, sets and costumes are by Serena Nardi, artistic director and founder of the Varese Estense Festival.

English

Gian Carlo Menotti è un classico esempio di Nemo propheta in patria: amatissimo negli Stati Uniti, celebre in tutto il mondo, ma ancora poco eseguito in Italia. Il dittico Il Telefono & La Medium, eseguito per la prima volta a New York nel 1946, è costituito da due brevi opere molto diverse tra loro. La prima racconta il surreale rapporto tra Ben e Lucy, ostacolato dall’ossessione di lei per il proprio telefono. Un tema estremamente attuale, considerato quanto oggi siamo dipendenti dagli smartphone, ma mostrato in maniera leggera e divertente. The Medium, invece è probabilmente l’unico esempio operistico di noir, ha come trama una serie di eventi scatenati da una finta seduta spiritica, in un susseguirsi di scene colme di suspense paragonabili a un film giallo, genere che – negli anni ’40 – stava raggiungendo grande popolarità.

Menotti è stato definito da più studiosi l’erede di Giacomo Puccini, è stato capace di trasportare e adattare l’opera italiana al gusto americano. Questa nuova produzione del Varese Estense Festival – Menotti vede un cast guidato da una star internazionale come Manuela Custer, accanto a giovani promesse della lirica italiana. A dirigere la sua Orchestra Canova è Enrico Saverio Pagano, già inserito dalla rivista Forbes nella lista dei 100 Under 30 destinati a cambiare l’Italia. Regia, scene e costumi sono di Serena Nardi, direttrice artistica e fondatrice del Varese Estense Festival.

italiano

Il Telefono & La Medium by Menotti, Alates (2023/2023), Juhatatud Serena Nardi, Serena Nardi,, Dirigent Enrico Saverio Pagano, Teatro Politeama, Pavia, Italy

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