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Teatro Carlo Felice, ''Simon Boccanegra''

Genoa

Behind the staircase it is installed a backdrop made of BOP - Opera tulle, 16 x h 9.8 m.The medieval map with the port of Genoa was painted on the tulle by Daniele Paolin ...
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... while the four-light windows inspired by those of the thirteenth-century loggia of Palazzo San Giorgio are frontally projected on the tulle and are part of the videos made by Ideogamma.The palace was built by an ancestor of Simone Boccanegra, the first doge of the Republic of Genoa.
The black and white photo refers to the 1992 edition of Teatro Carlo Felice , while the colour photos were taken during the revival of 2004.In 2004 the tulle was installed in a lower position than in the first edition.
The Teatro Carlo Felice is equipped with a large 60 x h 14 m cyclorama for backlighting and rear projections, made with the RTE - Temporale film, which is used independently, as in this case ...
... or in combination with a backdrop made of grey tulle BGO - Gobelin lowered on the upper part of the steps, on which in this case the Moorish-style porch is frontally projected.
The cyclorama made of RTE - Temporale is used in this case for the rear-projection of medieval architectures ...
... and in this one of a Ligurian church of the same historical period, while on the right a framed wall has entered the scene, which evokes a medieval palace ...
... and here, again, frontal projections are visible on the backdrop made of BGO - Gobelin tulle.
Simon Boccanegra
Melodrama in a prologue and three acts
Music
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto
Francesco Maria Piave
from the drama Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García-Gutiérrez
First night
Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 12/3/1857
Scenography,
costume design,
stage direction
Pier'Alli
Light design
Pictorial realizations
Daniele Paolin
Technical direction
Staging
Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa
Season
1991

Materials used in this production

BGO - Gobelin

Scrim and bobbinet fabrics

BOP - Opera

Scrim and bobbinet fabrics

COS - Oscurante

Duvetyne and blackout fabrics

Flat making

Fabric: tailoring types

Rear-illuminated backdrops

Vinyl backdrops: typologies

RTE - Temporale

Rear-projection films

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