2016 – Terra

MENOCCHIO
from an idea by Renato Miani
freely inspired by Il formaggio e i vermi by Carlo Ginzburg and Domenico Scandella called Menocchio
by Andrea Del Colmusica and Renato Miani
libretto Francesca Tuscano
direction, scenes, costumes Ivan Stefanutti
choreography Fausta Mazzucchelli
conductor and concertmaster Eddi de Nadai
Gabriele Ribis, baritone
Domenico Scandella called Menocchio, miller
Branko Robinšak, tenor
Odorico Vorai, parish priest of Montereale
Nicholas Isherwood, bass, Inquisitor
Elena Biscuola, mezzo-soprano, Menocchio’s wife
Giorgio De Fornasari (pre Giovanni Merchiori), Claudio Zinutti (first man), Roberto Lizzio (second man) also Andrea Braida (Marchiò), Daniele Copetti (third man), Marco Della Mora (fourth man), Aldo Paron (friar)
corps de ballet Claudio Gasparini, Ornella Germano, Giada Agazzi, Stefania Ciroi, Bruno Forte, Pietro Boer
Mitteleuropa Orchestra Tomas Kadlubiec (violin 1), Ingrid Shllaku (violin 2), Margherita Cossio (viola), Antonio Merici (cello 1), Massimo Favento (cello 2), Paolo Mazzoleni (double bass), Enrico Cossio (oboe and English horn), Davide Argentiero (clarinet) Elena Paroni (clarinet and bass clarinet), Giorgio Bellò (bassoon and contrabassoon), Mauro Verona (horn 1), Alessandra Rodaro (horn 2), Diego Cal (trumpet), Giulio Dreosto (bass trombone), Denis Zupin (timpani and percussion instruments), Cristina Di Bernardo (harp)
Choir of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Cristiano Dell’Oste choirmaster
sopranos: Patrizia Chittaro, Barbara Codutti, Mevania Modugno, Tamara Corsano, Loredana Meneghelli, Cristina Fontanin, Debora Renzini, Monica Mosolo
treble: Simona Cois, Milly Dorlini, Ilaria Tuniz, Graziella Salis, Giulia Tonero, Sara Grassi, Giulia Pagnutti, Donatella Gorasso, Laura Fedrigo
tenors: Claudio Zinutti, Fulvio Trapani, Lidiano Contento, Fabio Cassisi, Franco Pellegrini, Dimitri Munini, Peter Gus
basses: Roberto Lizzio, Giorgio de Fornasari, Federico Monti, Francesco Corsi, Stefano Corsano, Franco Stringaro, Paolo Cevolatti, Marco Feruglio, Ugo Mancini, Renato Vicedomini

SOGNO DI UNA NOTTE DI MEZZA ESTATE
Spira Mirabilis
stage direction Piera Mungiguerra
with Claudia Gambino, Francesco Meola coproduction
Orchestra Igor Ahss (bassoon), Bozena Angelova (violin), Marina Arrufat Grau (violin), Aljaz Begus (clarinet), Lorenza Borrani (violin), Francesco Bossaglia (horn), Maia Cabeza (violin), Diego Moreno Castelli (violin), Florence Mary Cooke (violin), Samuel Espinosa Ruiz (viola), Michele Fattori (bassoon), Simon Florin (percussion), Titus Franken (percussion), Timoti Fregni (violin), Olga Hansen (viola), Abigail Clara Hayward (cello), Mirjam Huettner (oboe), Julie Huguet (flute), Lisa Kürner (cello), Sophie Lücke (double bass), Andrea Gregorio Mascetti (violin), Simon Patrick Menin (trumpet), Andrei Mihailescu (double bass), Sinéad Meghan O’Halloran (cello), Yumi Onda (violin), Antonio Pace (trombone), Katharina Naomi Paul (violin), Carles Perez Esteve (horn), Francesca Piccioni (viola), Adriano Piccioni (double bass), James Richardson (trombone), Juan Carlos Rivas Perretta (oboe), Simone Muriel Roggen (violin), Marta Santamaria Llavall (flute), Benedikt Schneider (viola), Hannah Sloane (cello), Giacomo Tesini (violin), Ida Tunkkari (violin), Matteo Villa (trumpet), Andrea Jean Vonk (trumpet), Jonathan Watkins (trombone), Tim-Erik Winzer (viola)
Children’s Choir of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole
choirmaster Joan Yakkey
Emilia Bassett, Giacomo Barrera, Filippo Benigni, Alice Calzoli, Eleonora Carrieri, Lorenzo Carrieri, Giovanna Carrillo Fantappie’, Irene Carrillo Fantappie’, Elena Casaglia (soloist), Francesca Cataoli, Anna D’amico, Lisa Florena, Livia Falcioni, Federica Lipsi, Francesco Lipsi, Giulia Mangani, Sofia Maurini Amodei, Giulia Montigiani, Tessa Piazzesi, Vittoria Pini, Gaia Ricciardi, Lavinia Lina Roma, Teresa Romoli, Camilla Sabatini (soloist), Sara Sayad Nik, Anita Susini, Aran Spignoli Soria, Nora Spignoli Soria, Ginevra Tempestini
Co-production City of Bassano Operaestate festival, Arte Sella, Spira Mirabilis, Mittelfest 2016

L’ALLEGRA VEDOVA
revised original text by Victor Leon / Leo Stein
by Bruno Stori and Maddalena Crippa
arrangement of original music by Franz Lehár
by Giacomo Scaramuzza
directed by Bruno Stori with Maddalena Crippa
and with Giampaolo Bandini, guitar
Giovanni Mareggini, flute and ottavino
Cesare Chiacchiaretta, accordion and bandoneon
Federico Marchesano, double bass
production and distribution Parmaconcerti and Compagnia Umberto Orsini srl

PULCINELLA E ZAMPALESTA NELLA TERRA DEI FUOCHI
by and with Gaspare Nasuto and Angelo Gallo
scenes and puppets Gaspare Nasuto and Angelo Gallo

FEMININE FLAME
conceived by Amelia Bucalo Triglia
music by Ashram and Maurizio Curcio
production Teatro del Fuoco®

NES
Nesrine Belmokh voice, cello
Matthieu Saglio, cello, loop station, vocals
David Gadea, percussion

TUTTO QUELLO CHE SO DEL GRANO
by Paola Berselli and Stefano Pasquini
directed by Stefano Pasquini with Paola Berselli, Maurizio Ferraresi and Stefano Pasquini
production Teatro delle Ariette

PECORE NERE
by Stefano Benni
directed by Stefano Benni
assistant director Alessandro Tedeschi
sets and costumes Katia Titolo
music Paolo Li Volsi
crochet creations Alessandra Roveda with Valentina Chico, Elisa Benedetta Marinoni, Gisella Szaniszlò, Federica Del Col
production Bottega Rosenguild / Teatrino dei Fondi / Pierfrancesco Pisani
in collaboration with Infinito srl with the support of Regione Toscana, Comune di San Miniato, Comune di Fucecchio

IL RITO DELLA PRIMAVERA
music Igor Stravinsky
directed by Janusz Orlik
choreography Joel Claesson, Nicholas Keegan, Janusz Orlik
dancers Darren Anderson, Nicholas Keegan, Janusz Orlik
production Mittelfest 2016 and for Poland Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk, 2011
with the support of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

STORIA DI GIOVANNI FALCONE E PAOLO BORSELLINO
dramaturgy and direction Angelo Sicilia
with Angelo Sicilia
puppeteers Angelo Sicilia, Maria Palma Albanese, Manuel Giuliano
storytellers and live music Paolo Zarcone
MOPS – Sicilian Popular Puppeteer of Palermo

CONFUCIO
China National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre
executive direction and choreography Weiwei Mao
director and choreographer Dexin Kong (77th direct descendant of Confucius)
script Chun Liu
scenography Bei Liu
music composed and directed by Qu Zhang
visual director Dongsheng Ren
models Lei Jia with Siyu Yang (Confucius), Shanshan Zhang (the Consort), Kun Liu (the Duke), Bin Liu (the Courtier)
principal dancers Yang Hu, Xuehan Shi, Yin Zhu, Haifeng Guo
producer Cheng Tao
director of the corps de ballet Ning Xu
co-production Emilia Romagna Festival, Ljubljana Festival and Mittelfest 2016

IL CIRCO DI LEGNO
Karromato Company – Prague

SAVINA YANNATOU IN CONCERTO
music of Greek, Hebrew-Sephardic, Turkish, Bulgarian, Armenian, Slavic tradition
with the band Primavera a Salonicco Kostas Vomvolos, Kyriakos Gouventas, Haris Lambrakis, Yannis Alexandris, Michalis Siganidis, Kostas Theodorou
in collaboration with Euritmica

ALEKSANDRA ZEC
direction Oliver Frljić
dramaturgy Marin Blažević
stage design Ljerka Hribar
with Ivana Roščić, Jelena Lopatić, Tanja Smoje, Damir Orlić, Nikola Nedić, Jurica Marčec and also Jana Mileusnić, Lucia Filičić, Nina Batinić, Morana Mladić
production HKD Theatre International Small Scenes Theatre Festival – Rijeka – Rijeka
artistic direction Nenad Šegvić
stage director Liberta Mišan
co-financing The City of Rijeka, Department of culture, Primorsko-Goranska County, The Serbian National Council for the City of Zagreb, Ministry of Culture, Republic of Croatia
thanks to Documenta, Centre for the Dealing with the Past

EARTH & FIRE
Traditional Future
choreography Anuang’a
music Maasaï Vocals
Anuang’a modern compositions
production Pierre Cardin

EMBER concept
choreography and dance Ziya Azazi
dramaturgy and texts Isin Onol
music Mike Ottis
stage Ziya Azazi & Peter Leitner
co-production MD Spettacoli and Mittelfest 2016
special thanks to Ali Can Guezel, Dorothee Gussenbauer, Ischiko, Peter Leitner

IL PROCESSO
based on the novel by Franz Kafka
directed by Matja Solce
with Miha Bezeljak and Miha Arh NO! k.g.
dramaturgy Jelena Sitar Cvetko
artistic direction Primož Mihevc and Matija Solce Lutkovno Gledališče Maribor

SFUEÂI
Friulian lyrics by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Novella Cantarutti, Pierluigi Cappello, Federico Tavan, Amedeo Giacomini, Maria Di Gleriaproject
music by Elsa Martin and Stefano Battaglia
Elsa Martin, voice
Stefano Battaglia, piano
performance realised in collaboration with the Province of Udine

MUSIC FOR FILMS
Michael Nyman, piano
with Gabrielle Lester, violin
Ian Humphries, violin
Kate Musker, viola
Tony Hinnigan, cello
David Roach, saxophones
Simon Haram saxophones
Andy Findon, saxophone and flute
Toby Coles, trumpet
Paul Gardham, French Horn
Nigel Barr, trombone
Martin Elliott, electric bass
in collaboration with Euritmica

POLISH CELLO QUARTET
cello quartet: Adam Krzeszowiec, Wojciech Fudala, Krzysztof Karpeta, Tomasz Darochuna
co-production Festival de Wallonie (Belgium), Festival International de musique d’Ankara (Turkey), Klara Festival (Belgium), Wratislavia Cantans (Poland), Saxå kammarmusic Festival (Sweden), and Mittelfest 2016
with the collaboration of EuroRadio, the radio stations of Belgium, Turkey, Poland, Sweden and RadioRAI – Friuli Venezia Giulia

IL RITORNO DI IRENE
by Gigio Brunello and Gyula Molnar
with Alberto De Bastiani
props and sculptures by Gigio Brunello
Alberto De Bastiani Company

BIRDIE
creation Alex Serrano, Pau Palacios, Fernando Dordal
performance Alex Serrano, Pau Palacios, Alberto Barberá
voice Simone Milsdochter
production Agrupación Señor Serrano, GREC Festival de Barcelona, Fabrique de Théâtre – Service des Arts de la Scène de la Province de Hainaut, Festival Terrassa Noves Tendències, Monty Kultuurfaktorij, Konfrontacje Teatralne Festival
With the support of the Cultural Office of Spain’s Embassy in Brussels, Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat, Centre International de Formation en Arts du Spectacle de Brussels.
Special thanks to La Biennale di Venezia – Biennale College Teatro 2015, Mini Animal Toys
Sponsorship: Safari Ltd.

IL SAPORE DELLA TERRA
directed and coordinated by Claudio de Maglio
directed by the teachers of the participating Academies: Marcin Przybylski (The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art Warsaw – Poland) Anna Dubrovskaya (The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute – Moscow – Russia) Daniel Bausch (Scuola Teatro Dimitri – Verscio – Switzerland) Alexander Iliev (NAFTA – National Academy of Theatre and Film Art “Krastyo Sarafov” – Sofia – Bulgaria)
with the students of the 2nd and 3rd year of the Civica Accademia d’Arte Drammatica Nico Pepe – Udine and the students of the participating Academies of Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Bulgaria
production Civica Accademia d’Arte Drammatica Nico Pepe – Udine

LA POLVERE E IL SOFFIO
art dialogue between Vittorio Sgarbi and don Alessio Geretti
Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo rappresentazione per recitar cantando
accompanied by Serena Pellegrino
from an idea by Cristiano Dell’Oste
music Emilio de’ Cavalieri (ca. 1550 – 1602)
Choir of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Baroque Ensemble of the San Marco Orchestra of Pordenone
director Cristiano Dell’Oste
with interventions by Vittorio Sgarbi and Alessio Geretti
Moderator: Serena Pellegrino
with Mara Corazza (the Soul), Luca Dordolo (the Body), Mauro Borgioni (the Council, the Time), Claudio Zinutti (the Intellect), Matteo Pigato (the Guardian Angel), Baltazar Zuniga (the Pleasure), Peter Gus (Pleasure companion), Roberto Lizzio (Pleasure companion), Enrico Basello (the World), Elisabetta Gasparotto (the Worldly Life), Eleonora Serena (the Blessed Soul), Fullvio Trapani (the Damned Soul)
co-production Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia and Mittelfest 2016
in collaboration with Wunderkammer Trieste and Orchestra San Marco (Pordenone)

LE QUATTRO STAGIONI PRIMAVERA ED ESTATE
project conception Roberto Cocconi, Marta Bevilacqua
choreographers Roberto Cocconi, Marta Bevilacqua
music The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
rewriting by Max Richter
dancers Luisa Amprimo, Marta Bevilacqua, Luca Campanella, Roberto Cocconi, Irene Ferrara, Angelica Margherita, Gioia Martinelli, Daniele Palmeri, Marco Pericoli Andrea Rizzo, Valentina Saggin, Nicol Soravito, Anna Savanelli, Carolina Valentini, Luca Zampar technical direction Fausto Bonvini
organisation Giulia Birriolo
production Arearea
in co-production with Mittelfest 2016
with the support of MiBACT

PRIMAVERA 
choreography Roberto Cocconi
dancers Gioia Martinelli, Irene Ferrara, Marco Pericoli, Nicol Soravito, Carolina Valentini

ESTATE
choreography Marta Bevilacqua
dancers Angelica Margherita, Anna Savanelli, Valentina Saggin, Marta Bevilacqua, Luisa Amprimo

SIMONE CRISTICCHI IL SECONDO FIGLIO DI DIO
written by Manfredi Rutelli and Simone Cristicchi
with Simone Cristicchi
directed by Antonio Calenda
original music by Simone Cristicchi and Valter Sivilotti
performed by Marco Bianchi, guitars and live looping
Andrea Musto, cello
Francesco Tirelli, percussions
Sebastiano Zorza, accordion
with the Choir Ensemble Magnificat of Caravaggio
director Valter Sivilotti
production CTB Centro Teatrale Bresciano / Promo Music
with the collaboration of Mittelfest 2016 and Dueffel Music
thanks to Andrea Anselmini

PLAY STRINDBERG
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
translation Luciano Codignola
direction Franco Però
scenes by Antonio Fiorentino
music by Antonio Di Pofi
with Maria Paiato, Franco Castellano, Maurizio Donadoni
coproduction Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Artisti Riuniti, Mittelfest 2016

LE QUATTRO STAGIONIAUTUNNO E INVERNO
project conception Roberto Cocconi, Marta Bevilacqua
choreographers Roberto Cocconi, Marta Bevilacqua
music The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
rewriting by Max Richter
dancers Luisa Amprimo, Marta Bevilacqua, Luca Campanella, Roberto Cocconi, Irene Ferrara, Angelica Margherita, Gioia Martinelli, Daniele Palmeri, Marco Pericoli Andrea Rizzo, Valentina Saggin, Nicol Soravito, Anna Savanelli, Carolina Valentini, Luca Zampar technical direction Fausto Bonvini
organisation Giulia Birriolo
production Arearea
in co-production with Mittelfest 2016
with the support of MiBACT

AUTUNNO
choreography Roberto Cocconi
assistant to choreography Luca Zampar
dancers Luca Campanella, Roberto Cocconi, Andrea Rizzo, Daniele Palmeri, Luca Zampar

INVERNO
choreography Marta Bevilacqua
dancers Luca Campanella, Roberto Cocconi, Andrea Rizzo, Daniele Palmeri, Luca Zampar, Angelica Margherita, Anna Savanelli, Valentina Saggin, Marta Bevilacqua, Luisa Amprimo

L’OISEAU DE FEU / THE WASTE LAND
music by Igor Stravinsky, Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij, Manuel De Falla e Cristian Carrara
Slovenska Filharmonija – Ljubljana 
director Nir Kabaretti 
soloist Danusha Waskiewicz

CONSERVATORI / INNOVATORI 1
music by Johan Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Maurice Ravel 
in collaboration with Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Tartini di Trieste

CONSERVATORI / INNOVATORI 2
music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Béla Bartók, Ludwig van Beethoven, Camille Saint-Saëns
in collaboration with Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Tartini di Trieste

CONSERVATORI / INNOVATORI 3
music by Aram Khachaturian, Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky 
Tania Haunzwickl, clarinet
Giovanni Di Lena, violin
Daniele Russo, piano
in collaboration with Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Tartini di Trieste