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Teatro Massimo, ''I Vespri siciliani''

Palermo

The sky is a Rear-illuminated cyclorama made of RTE - Temporale.The sea was realized covering a tilted floor with QSK - Retrafilm opportunely worked.The technique of realization, though similar to that he already used for the sea background of Teatro San Carlo, ''Tristan und Isolde'' ...
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... was employed in this case with more realistic intentions.In both cases, the use of a dynamic illumination with numerous points of light in rotatory movement, conferred to the sea backdrops an extraordinary illusion of movement.
Another element of great scenic effect is the draped backdrop made of HSE - Tempesta digital printing silk, which plays with the effects of transparency and lightness typical of silk.

Details of the HSE - Tempesta digital printing silk backdrop ...
The sky is a Rear-illuminated cyclorama made of RTE - Temporale.The sea was realized covering a tilted floor with QSK - Retrafilm opportunely worked.The technique of realization, though similar to that he already used for the sea background of Teatro San Carlo, ''Tristan und Isolde'' ...
... which highlight the light sensitivity of HSE - Tempesta silk.
Les vêpres siciliennes
Drama in five acts
Music
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto
Charles Duveyrier
Eugène Scribe
First night
Paris, Opéra-National, 13/6/1855
Scenography
Ezio Frigerio (1930-2022)
Costume design
Franca Squarciapino
Light design
Vinicio Cheli
Technical direction
Renzo Milan
Stage direction
Nicolas Joël
Staging
Teatro Massimo of Palermo
Season
2004 / 2005

Materials used in this production

COS - Oscurante

Duvetyne and blackout fabrics

Ezio Frigerio

Some Masters

HSE - Tempesta

Silks and satins

QSK - Retrafilm

Mirroring materials

RTE - Temporale

Rear-projection films

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