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Teatro alla Scala, ''The Barber of Seville''

Milan

A large proscenium arch, a three-dimensional Portal in which doors and windows open, frames the Sevillian square in front of Bartolo's house.The scene is made up of Set pieces created by the Laboratorio scenografico del Teatro alla Scala ...
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... which covered their structure with painted ASC - Sceno muslin.The same construction technique was also used for the arched Portal.Thanks to the lighting, a large backdrop with flat making made of ASC - Sceno muslin, painted with a sky strewn with clouds, can pass from twilight ...
... to daylight.The Set pieces, made in detail also with GGI - Siria gauze, use various curtains made of ASL - Light Sceno light muslin on the windows and are completed by practicable metal structures ...
... functional to the movements foreseen by the direction of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.A second scene ...
... is technically made in a completely similar way to the previous one and uses the same background sky painted on ASC - Sceno muslin.Various two-storey buildings ...
... connected to each other by arches in succession, build a block crossed by lanes, re-enactment and theatrically flawless and unforgettable scenographic reworking of a popular Andalusia contemporary to the narrative.
More than half a century from its creation, the historical preparation that the Teatro Alla Scala assigned to Jean-Pierre Ponnelle ...
... continues to be proposed with identical success.The preparation belongs to the famous Rossini's trilogy (with Teatro alla Scala, ''L’italiana in Algeri'' and La Cenerentola) ...
The Barber of Seville
Comic drama in two acts
Music
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Libretto
Cesare Sterbini
First night
Rome, Teatro Argentina, 20/2/1816
Scenography,
costume design,
stage direction
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932-1988)
Staging
Teatro alla Scala of Milan
Season
2005 / 2006
revival of the staging by Teatro Alla Scala for the Salzburg Festival of 1969

Video & Documentation

Teatro alla Scala, ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Materials used in this production

ASC - Sceno

Muslin and canvas

ASL - Light Sceno

Sheer muslin

Flat making

Fabric: tailoring types

GGI - Siria

Gauzes

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Some Masters

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