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Teatro Real, ''Les contes d'Hoffmann''

Madrid

What to the viewers seemed real coloured stained glass windows held together by lead strips are in reality backdrops made of BGO - Gobelin digital printing tulle stretched on two large and elaborate metal frameworks.A large rectangular structure occupies the entire background, while ...
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... towards center stage, a second arched glass window occupies the top of a circular structure.The external lighting that seems to filter through the false windows is simulated with a Rear-illuminated backdrop made of RTE - Temporale rear-projection film which, naturally ...
... can vary its colour at the discretion of the lighting designer.The lower part of the back glazing was made of grey BGO - Gobelin tulle ...
... like the rest of the unprinted framed stained glass windows.Note how the coloured motifs printed on the back glass are invisible here due to the backlight and only the profiles of the metal frame are noticeable.The arched window in the foreground, on the other hand, thanks to a slight frontal lighting, keeps the printed motifs slightly evident.
The glazed arch inside the circular structure is rotated, thus freeing up the view of the upper part of the back glass.The lowering of the rear-illumination of the RTE - Temporale backdrop makes the motifs printed on the tulle re-emerge.
The false stained glasses in a night lighting situation, created with the blue light diffused by the large RTE - Temporale film Rear-illuminated backdrop.The scene is that of the Barcarolle, one of the most famous pieces of music of all time ...
... and uses a gondola with mechanical gondoliers.The costumes by Franca Squarciapino are highlighted here.At the age of 76, Ezio Frigerio demonstrates that he retains intact the desire to experiment with new scenographic techniques that has characterized his entire professional career and he creates this setting ...
... in which the Digital printing, although made on one of the most traditional scenographic materials, the BGO - Gobelin tulle, obtains effects never seen before.It must be considered that this setup was created in 2006, when digital printing techniques on tulle were still in their infancy.
The Tales of Hoffmann
Opéra-fantastique in a prologue, three acts and an epilogue
Music
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Libretto
Jules Barbier
from Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
First night
Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, 10/2/1881
First night
Opéra-Comique, 10/2/1881
Scenography
Ezio Frigerio (1930-2022)
Costume design
Franca Squarciapino
Light design
Vinicio Cheli
Scenographic workshop
Spazio Scenico
Technical direction
Daniel Bianco
Stage direction
Nicolas Joël
Staging
Teatro Real of Madrid
Season
2006/2007

Materials used in this production

ASC - Sceno

Muslin and canvas

BGO - Gobelin

Scrim and bobbinet fabrics

BGO - Gobelin digital printing

Printing on fabrics

Rear-illuminated backdrops

Vinyl backdrops: typologies

RTE - Temporale

Rear projection

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