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La scala di seta

Gioachino Rossini

Academy Project

In collaboration with Teatro alla Scala's Academy
New Production

Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro Production

From 20 to 30 September 2013

Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes intermissions included

Sung in Italian with electronic libretto in Italian, English

Notes on the performancesOpen: Rossini’s youthful farce sees a combination of events of French origins that is easier to see than it is to explain. The subject is similar to that of Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, and stars a certain Giulia who unrolls a staircase from her balcony, with the help of the shadows, to allow the young Dorvil who she has secretly married to come up to her room. Why silk though? Perhaps it was in the wait for speleological nylon ladders. The “girl’s” old tutor chooses another boyfriend for her, but she passes him on to her cousin. There is even a spying servant that confuses everyone. Jealousy, misunderstandings, narcissism, obstinacy, frisson, much climbing up and down the ladder, and the final blessing of the two couples.

Michieletto’s staging, which has already been seen at the "Rossini Opera Festival", creates a high visual impact because it shows the acting from above as well, thanks to a mirror placed at an angle. This forces the actors to act in the midst of nothing at some points so they can attain the visual effect required. For a story played out through hidden characters, the two-dimensional unveiling is of help

Direction

Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Staging: Damiano Michieletto
Sets and costumes: Paolo Fantin
Lights: Alessandro Carletti

ON STAGE

September 2013

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SHIFTS

20/09 Premiere21/09 Not in subscription23/09 Series A24/09 Series B25/09 Not in subscription26/09 Series C27/09 La Scala UNDER30 G29/09 Series E30/09 Series D

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Rossini's opera performed in Lugano in 1983.