RIGO-LETTO E NARRATO
Embracing the spirit of Commedia dell’Arte, two masked characters tell the story of Rigoletto interpreting all the characters as acrobats and comedians used on chariots. An accordionist will accompany their journey with arias from the opera and two folk ballads.
The artists will move on the streets with their chariot: a movable theatre-rickshaw that recalls the XVI tradition of mobile performance, in an eco-friendly fashion.
The idea is to restore and actualize an early-XX century custom, when taverns where places to taste local food and wine but also to listen to troubadours. With the use of an accordion, they would sing arias and telling memorable stories. ‘Rigo-letto e narrato’ wants to represent a ‘metropolitan incursion’ in the operatic work of Verdi, involving an audience who cannot (or would not) go to the theatre. A special, farce-like staging curated by Mario Mascitelli present two masked characters traveling on a movable stage and narrating the story of Rigoletto by interpreting all the characters with the help of an accordionist, who will perform popular arias and ballads from the opera.
Data
Centro Direzionale Atrium
Parma, Via Mazzacavallo 8
Friday, 2 October 2020, 6 pm
Performers
Capocomico Mario Mascitelli
Actors Mattia Scolari /Mario Aroldi, Martina Manzini
Accordion Rocco Rosignoli
Teatro del Cerchio
Tickets
Reservation required – 100 seats available per performance
Verdi Off in Safety
This special edition of Verdi Off has been conceived and realized in accordance with the safety and health normative for both audience and artists. At the entrance of every venue all participants will find sanitizing gel distributors, and they will be checked with a thermoscanner to monitor their body temperature. The audience is required to bring a mask, to avoid crowding and to respect the one-metre social distancing. The mask needs to be worn by covering both mouth and nose during access, exit and the whole duration of the performance. Before leaving the seats, we invite you to wait for the signal of our staff and their directions in order to avoid unwanted crowding. Reservations are necessary only when requested by following the instructions related to the single events. In order to reserve a seat, it is necessary to provide a telephone number or email address, which will remain stored for 14 days. Reservations are to be made under a single name (it is not allowed to reserve more seats under a unique name) and any nominal change has to be communicated to the ticket office in order to be valid. As the staff will be checking the correspondence between tickets headers and holders at the entrance of every show, please provide a valid identification document in a timely fashion.
