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Teatro Regio di Parma, ''The Corsair''

Parma

The sketch by the scenographer Marco Capuana for the deck of the ship. The sails had been made partly of ASC - Sceno muslin and partly of bordeaux HSV - Trevi fabric.
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The actual realization of the scene ...
... with the sails made of natural ASC600S - Sceno 620 cm muslin.
The scenography by Marco Capuana foresees the use of a painted tulle backdrop with which creating effects of variable transparency.The variations will be carried out by alternating the frontal lighting on the tulle with its backlighting, to be carried out by means of a Rear-projection screen made of RAR - Arizona to be rear-illuminated with chromatic light too.In the image, Franco Venturi of the Scenographic workshop of the Teatro Regio of Parma is painting a large backdrop made of BIT - Italiano tulle, measures 17.50 x 13.50 m.
A view during the pictorial processing of the BIT - Italiano tulle backdrop that Franco Venturi painted with Gino Bruni according to the pre-impressionistic way by William Turner.The painting to which the backdrop is inspired is Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth.
The sketch of another scene in which the deck of the ship is clear of the sails.Marco Capuana planned to install a large and slightly inclined Ghiaccio transparent backdrop between the deck of the sailing ship and the painted BIT - Italiano tulle backdrop.
The actual realization of the scene.The inclined Ghiaccio transparent backdrop partially reflects the action that takes place on the deck, while the backlighting with red light of the RAR - Arizona Rear-projection screen sends the backdrop made of BIT - Italiano tulle against the light and it becomes transparent.The cordage of the sailing ship was made by the Scenographic workshop of the Teatro Regio di Parma using the 3C - Hemp rope Ø 30 mm.
The intensity of the rear-illumination of the RAR - Arizona Rear-projection screen has been reduced and its colour was changed from red to white.The backdrop made of BIT - Italiano tulle is frontally illuminated and its painted subject can be glimpsed through the transparency of the Ghiaccio transparent backdrop.A second set of sails made of red HSV - Trevi fabric was lowered onto the deck.
The Corsair
Tragic melodrama in three acts
Music
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto
Francesco Maria Piave
from the poem The Corsair by George Byron
First night
Trieste, Teatro Grande, 25/10/1848
Scenography
Marco Capuana
Costume design
Vera Marzot
Pictorial realizations
Franco Venturi
Gino Bruni
Technical direction
Luigi Cipelli
Stage direction
Lamberto Puggelli
Staging
Teatro Regio of Parma
Festival Verdi
2004

Materials used in this production

3C - Canapa Rope

Ropes

ASC - Sceno

Muslin and canvas

BIT - Italiano

Scrim and bobbinet fabrics

Flat making

Fabric: tailoring types

HSE - Tempesta

Silks and satins

HSV - Trevi

Silks and satins

QGH - Ghiaccio

Decorative films

QSP - Mirofilm

Mirroring materials

ZFG - Backdrops made of QGH - Ghiaccio

Mirror / transparent backdrops