PRIMA VERSIONE DEL VIDEO, CON BALLERINI, CANTANTI E STRUMENTI REALI RIPRESI SU GREEN SCREEN E IMPORTATI NELLA SCENOGRAFIA DELLO SPETTACOLO – 2021-2023

Dante, Orpheus and the Kthònius journey

Virtual Stage
unrevealed visions and horizons for a new live scene

Concept & Innovation Carla Zanin
Artistic Direction Paolo Bellocci
Conductor Federico Bardazzi

L’Orfeo
Claudio Monteverdi
Cremona 1567 – Venezia 1643

Virtual Stage
Philology & Technology
Director Carla Zanin
Stage Presence Paolo Bellocci
Videoscenographies Alessio Bianciardi
Sound Engeneer Nicola Cavina, Luca Bimbi

ENSEMBLE SAN FELICE
Conductor Federico Bardazzi

Compagnia Bellanda
Choreographer, Dancer Giovanni Gava Leonarduzzi
Dancers Claudia Latini, Aurora Conte, Sara Bravin, Ludovica Ballarin

with the special participation of Paolo Lorimer in the role of Dante Alighieri

stage dress of La Musica designed and created by Enrico Coveri
Collezione Archivio Storico Coveri

Costumes by Giulia Winter

Favola in musica libretto di Giovanni Alessandro Striggio

ENSEMBLE SAN FELICE

Etruria Barocca
Cappella Musicale Santa Felicita

Conductor Federico Bardazzi

Characters and performers
Orfeo Leonardo De Lisi tenor
La Musica Martha Rook soprano
Pastore I Sabina Caponi alto
Pastore II Sandro Degl’Innocenti tenor
Pastore III Valdrin Gashi tenor
Una Ninfa Giulia Gianni soprano
Euridice Erica Alberini soprano
Silvia, la Messaggera Michela Mazzanti alto
La Speranza Michela Mazzanti alto
Caronte Lorenzo Tosi bass
Proserpina Martha Rook soprano
Plutone Lorenzo Tosi bass
Tre spiriti infernali Valdrin Gashi tenor I Sandro Degl’Innocenti tenor II, Lorenzo Tosi bass
Eco Sandro Degl’Innocenti tenor
Apollo Valdrin Gashi tenor

Instruments
Recorders Marco Di Manno, Silvia Fontani
Violins Igor Cantarelli, Jacob Ventura
Viola Anna Noferini
Cello Federico Bardazzi
Doublebass Pablo Escobar
Baroque Harp Marina Bonetti
Theorbo, Guitar, Cetra Andrea Benucci
Theorbo, Guitar Cristiano Cei
Harpsicord Dimitri Betti, Debora Tempestini
Organ Giacomo Benedetti, Cecilia Iannandrea
Percussions Federico Bardazzi, Dimitri Betti, Giordano Betti

La Pifarescha
cornetti Andrea Inghisciano, David Brutti
trumpets Manolo Nardi, Bruno Bocci
trombones Ermes Giussani, Mauro Morini, Corrado Colliard, Fabio Costa, David Yacus

Juvenes Cantores della Cattedrale di Sarzana
Cappella Musicale Ferdinando Maberini
soprano Matilde Leonardi
Choir Master Alessandra Montali
sopranos I Matilde Leonardi, Rachele Zamperini
sopranos II Elsa Canepa, Gabriela Dobre
altos Manuela Grazioso, Piera Pellistri, Lucie Picard, Ljiljana Šarac
tenors Andrea Baudone, Pietro Bernardini, Simone Emili
basses Gaetano Canepa, Zeno Canepa, Emmanuele Casula, Giovanni Dettori, Giuseppe Landini, Corrado Martinetti, Emanuele Menconi

Musical Assistants Dimitri Betti, Marco Di Manno
Director Virtual Stage Daniele Galli
Cameramen Giordano Betti
Audio Technicians Edoardo Angelini, Massimo Iuliani
Light desinger Anna Galeno
Videomakers Claudio Barone, Giordano Betti, Nicola Cavina, Simone Gentilini,
Ettore Mariotti

audio recording, editing, mastering Nicola Cavina, Edoardo Angelini

cameramen Giordano Betti

video editing David Tozzi Nicola Cavina Alejandro Piquer Martinez 

graphic Elena Romoli

cover image by Carla Zanin, image processing Elena Romoli

Production
Opera Network
Ensemble San Felice

in coproduction with
Florence Dance Festival
Fondazione Fabbrica Europa

in collaboration with
KOF-Konzert Opera Florence
Centro Studi Musica & Arte
Progetto Palcoscenico Virtuale Digital Lab
PARC Performing Arts Research Centre