Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli, ''Aida''

Milan

Puppet theatre sometimes achieves the impossible: an Aida with a happy ending.From the presentation by Eugenio Monti Colla:«Faithful to the nineteenth-century puppet tradition, our Aida includes sung parts and spoken parts.Furthermore, by distorting Verdi's opera ...»

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«... due to the pressing demand of the public that crowded the Teatro Gerolamo¹, the finale includes the collapse of the Temple and the escape of Radames and Aida towards the dreamed ''embalmed forests''.»¹ The historic Milanese theater, also called Teatro Fiando, which has hosted the Colla shows since the 19th century.

The sets of puppet theater are traditionally made mostly of paper.However, it is not uncommon to use fireproof fabrics, in this case ASC - Sceno muslin and ASL300S - Light Sceno 300 cm light muslin ...

... used mainly for the production of painted backdrops, but also in the creation of costumes.The ARI - Reps Ignitex 103. beige fabric was appropriately worked to give a ''sandy'' appearance to the stage floor.

The costumes made on sketches by Eugenio Monti Colla and Lila De Nobili, great costume designer of the '900 and collaborator, among the others, of Luchino Visconti, Franco Zeffirelli, over that of the Teatro Alla Scala of Milan. were realized by the tailoring of the Associazione Grupporiani.

The stage equipment of the Company, which includes the traditional maneuvering bridge for the puppeteers, was designed by the set designer Franco Citterio ...

... and can be dismantled and transported.It adapts to any stage capable of containing it, as long as it has at least 4 fly facilities from which to suspend the Fixed pulleys structure of which it is composed.It is therefore a ''stage within a stage'' ...

... which allows the Company to use its own equipment in each theatre and minimises the need for adaptation and the unexpectedness of the installation, thus preserving the quality standard for which the Colla are famous.The stage of the host theatre must have the following characteristics:

A version of Verdi's opera of the famous Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli, heir of the tradition begun by the founder Giuseppe Colla (1805-1861) and from almost two centuries among the maximum expressions of the Italian teatro di figura.

Scenography

Franco Citterio
Pierluigi Bottazzi
Maurizio Dotti

Costume design

Eugenio Monti Colla (1939 - 2017)
Lila De Nobili

Light design

Franco Citterio

Technical direction

Tiziano Marcolegio

Installation direction

Carlo III Colla

Production

Associazione Grupporiani

Stage direction

Eugenio Monti Colla (1939 - 2017)

Materials used in this production

1K - Kompas

Track systems

3C - Canapa Rope

Ropes

ARI - Reps Ignitex

Muslin and canvas

ASC - Sceno

Muslin and canvas

BSU - Super Gobelin

Scrim and bobbinet fabrics

Fixed pulleys

Fly facilities

GGI - Siria

Gauzes

Manual fly lines

Fly facilities

WCC - C Strap

Fabric: finishings and accessories

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