FULL UN’OPERA GIGANTESCA Lastra a Signa 2023 Fidia Poggiali, Agata Martignone, Henry Brown, Elena Biagini
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: UN'OPERA GIGANTESCA
- Composer: Castiglia Patrizio based on The BFG by Roald Dahl
- Libretto: Patrizio Castiglia Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Mascara' Teatro Popolare D'Arte, Lastra a Signa, Italy
- Recorded: July 16, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Fidia Poggiali, Agata Martignone, Henry Brown, Elena Biagini, Tama Hardy, Donata Copertini Amati, Furio Fuochi, Stefano Mignani, Claudio Gozzi, Luca Frediani, Pietro Majonini, Simone Faraoni.
- Conductor: Hermann Ostendarp
- Orchestra: Orchestra di Prima Materia. Orchestra d'archi "Vivaldissimo" e "Mosaico", Wattwil, Svizzera
- Chorus: Coro di Prima Materia
- Stage Director: Gianfranco Pedullà
- Stage Designer: Franco Venturi
- Costume Designer: Veronica Di Pietrantonio
- Lighting Designer: Gianni Pollini
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Prima Materia
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, itsubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
This is a musical theater work for young people freely inspired by the famous children’s novel “BFG” by Roald Dahl. The young composer Patrizio Castiglia oversaw the adaptation of the screenplay, the libretto and the music, projecting on stage one of the best known stories of the British writer, for the first time in the form of musical theatre. At Prima Materia they worked on preparing the music with 50 students aged between 15 and 25, 4 young soloists and 6 adult soloists. In addition to the Prima Materia orchestra, 15 Swiss music students from the “Il Mosaico” and “Vivaldissimo” orchestras of Wattwil, conducted by Hermann Ostendarp, were also involved. In addition, 4 students with special needs were also included in the program, testifying to how music can be an important vehicle of inclusiveness.
The preparation of the work was followed by 9 professional Prima Materia musicians including the composer, the arranger, the conductor, the choir director and instrument and voice teachers, including Simone Faraoni and Ilaria Salvini. While the association “Mascarà – Teatro Popolare d’Arte” of Lastra a Signa has made available the director Gianfranco Pedullà, the set designer Franco Venturi and the light supervisor Gianni Pollini. The usual ones who will perform on stage are Fidia Poggiali, Agata Martignone, Henry Brown, Elena Biagini, Tama Hardy, Donata Copertini Amati, Furio Fuochi, Stefano Mimo Mignani, Claudio Gozzi, Luca Frediani, Pietro Majonini and Simone Faraoni. For information, you can contact the Montespertoli Tourist Office on the telephone number 0571 6002255, or by email by writing toufficioturistico@comune.montespertoli.fi.it.
Quoted from lanazione.it