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Teatro alla Scala, ''Don Giovanni''

Milan

To develop the instances of the direction of Robert Carsen, the set designer Michael Levine asked that the entire hall of the Teatro alla Scala be photographed at a very high resolution.The images were then organized according to the four series envisaged by the sketches: curtain, proscenium arch wings, proscenium arch and hall.These are the executive files of the curtain, which was printed repeatedly ...
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... in six decreasing dimensions on ASC - Sceno digital printing muslin.The Laboratorio scenografico del Teatro alla Scala therefore used the printed muslin to make as many framed Backing flats, of which the four smallest are visible here.In the Backing flats, doors and windows were opened according to the needs of the direction.
The second series of images was that of the wings of the proscenium arch.These are the executive files of the five pairs of wings planned.These files were also printed on ASC - Sceno digital printing muslin to make the Flats which, together with the Backing flats of the curtain ...
... were used for the scene of these images.The real architecture of the theater has been broken down into dozens of parts ...
... to be reconstructed on the stage as a photographic puzzle always in movement that remixes in continuation the reality and its scenographical reproduction.
A very high resolution photograph of the proscenium arch was processed, according to the sketches, to obtain the seven executive files of this third series of images.The files were then printed on the ASC - Sceno digital printing muslin used for the composition ...
... of this scene, called
The fourth series of images concerns the hall.In this case, the files were not used to print the same subject repeatedly and with decreasing size, but to print it once, breaking the image down into four Portals and a Backing flat ...
Don Giovanni
Playful drama in two acts
Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Libretto
Lorenzo Da Ponte
First night
Prague, Estates Theatre, 29/10/1787
Scenography
Michael Levine
Costume design
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light design
Robert Carsen
Peter Van Praet
Coreography
Philippe Giraudeau
Stage direction
Robert Carsen
Staging
Teatro alla Scala of Milan
Season
2011/2012

Materials used in this production

ASC - Sceno digital printing

Printing on fabrics

Flat making

Fabric: tailoring types

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