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Teatro alla Scala, ''Joan of Arc''

Milan

The action takes place entirely in a minimalist Closed set, decorated with a boiserie, columns, a cornice and a decorative moulding.The places that form the backdrop to Giovanna's events will be evoked with props used in a symbolic way: furniture, some life-size horses, a cross ...
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... and with a remarkable scenographic construction, a 1:7 scale representation of Reims Cathedral.The bare walls will be the background ...
... to suggestive plays of shadows, or they will be used as a screen ...
... for the projections that will accompany the narration.In addition to the doors on its sides, the large Closed set ...
... whose structure is visible here, has other openings that the audience will discover little by little.The boiserie can in fact be replaced by backdrops made of BGO - Gobelin digital printing tulle, while the back wall is equipped with tip-up Flats.And the upper part of the building is surrounded by galleries ...
... which will allow the choir to look onto the scene from special openings made between the cornice and the ceiling moulding.Below, some backdrops made of BGO - Gobelin digital printing tulle which have the motifs of the boiserie printed, highlight them if illuminated from the front, but ...
... the lowering of the front lighting and the raising the back lighting will bring up the chorus ...
... which surrounds the stage space along three sides.To the effectiveness of the operation of the lighting change on the tulle contributes ...
Joan of Arc
Lyric drama in a prologue and three acts
Music
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto
Temistocle Solera
from Friedrich Schiller
First night
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 15/2/1845
Scenography
Christian Fenouillat
Costume design
Agostino Cavalca
Light design
Christophe Forey
Video design
Étienne Guiol
Stage direction
Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Staging
Teatro alla Scala of Milan
Season
2015/2016

Materials used in this production

BGO - Gobelin digital printing

Printing on fabrics

Closed sets

Scene elements

FTN - Tancredi 380

Velvets

QCS - Squarcia digital printing

Ultrawide Ecoprint

Printing on fabrics

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