STAGE WORKS

Nascita di Afrodite (1993)

Scena lirica per soprano, baritone and chamber ensemble

Text Dario Del Corno, from Aeschylus and Homer.

Commissioned by Teatro Regio di Torino.

Published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.

1st performance 23 September 1993, Teatro Piccolo Regio, Torino.

Liliana Olivieri, Massimo Crispi;

Ensemble Europeo Antidogma Musica, conducted by Paolo Ferrara;

directed by Luca Valentino.

Sop.rano – Baritone;

Fl. - Cl. (also bass Cl.) - Hn. - Vib. - Pft. - Vl. - Vc.

Duration 15 minutes

Sulla corda più alta (1999)

Music theatre work  for actor, dancer, cellist and wind ensemble

Text Dario Del Corno (freely adapted from On the high wire by Philip Petit).

Commissioned by 25° Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano.

Published by Not published.

1st performance 30 July 1999, Teatro dei Concordi, Acquaviva.

Marco Baliani, Michele Abbondanza, Elizabeth Fletcher;

Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Kok;

directed by Manuel Cicchetti.

Actor – Dancer – Cellist;

2. 2. 2 (II = bCl.). 2./ 4. 2. 3. 0. / Perc.(1): Snare drum, Wood block, 2 Toms, Vib.

Duration 60 minutes

Orfeo a fumetti (2001)

A comic book opera based on the book Poema a fumetti by Dino Buzzati

Texts and drawings Dino Buzzati

Published by Not published.

1st performance 9 April 2001, Teatro di Portaromana, Milano.

Roberto Abbondanza, Annamaria Calciolari, Giovanni Caccamo, Omar Pedrini (Timoria);

Sentieri selvaggi, conducted by Carlo Boccadoro;

directed by Mario Flandoli (Studio DueEffe) e Manuel Cicchetti.

Baritone, Alto, Tenor; Rock Singer with electric guitar

Fl. - Cl.(=bCl.) - Pft. - Perc.(1): Vib., Pedal B.D., Snare Drum, Woodblock, Tom, Hi-hat, susp.Cym. - Vl. - Vc.

Duration 60 minutes

Non guardate al domani (2001-2008)

Opera in four blocks

Text Angelo Miotto

Published by RaiTrade

1st performance 28 April 2008, Teatro dell’Elfo, Milano
Roberto Abbondanza, Luigi Petroni, Mirko Guadagnini, Annamaria Calciolari, Enrico Bava, Filippo Tuccimei, Valentina Coladonato, Giuseppe Maletto
Sentieri selvaggi, conducted by Carlo Boccadoro
Video by Francesco Frongia

CharactersAldo Moro (Br), A male terrorist (T), A female terrorist (S), A journalist (T), A politician (B), A secret agent (B), An observer (Ms), The Pope (T)

Fl. (also Picc.) – Cl. (also bass Cl.) - Trbn. – Pft. -  Vib. -  Drum set -  E.Gtr. -  B.Gtr. – Vl. – Vc.

Duration 100 minutes

Io Hitler (2009)

Music theatre work

Text Giuseppe Genna

Published by RaiTrade

1st performance 9 September 2009, MiTo Settembre Musica, Teatro Franco Parenti, Milano
Fulvio Pepe
Sentieri selvaggi conducted by Carlo Boccadoro
Stage designed by Giovanni De Francesco, directed by Francesco Frongia

Actor, bCl. - Trbn. - 2 Pft. - Perc. (1): Mar., Pedal Bass Drum, Snare drum, Brake drum, Cowbell, Woodblock - 2 Vc.

Duration 60 minutes