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Teatro Carlo Felice, ''The Merry Widow''

Genoa

Detail of one of the two curtains made of silver ECL - Crepe Lamé.The stage designer Leila Fteita chose it for its glamorous appearance, suited to the art deco tone of the scenes, for its reactivity to light ...
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... and for its semi-transparency against the light, which here allows the luminous decorations of a carousel to be glimpsed.The carousel is an attraction that can be taken as a symbol of the directorial interpretation of Luca Micheletti ...
... as his own words illustrate:«The show hinges on two main axes with multiple declinations: on the one hand, the “waltz tour” as a symbol of an era; on the other, the theme of the theater as a glittering refuge outside the world.We are in a universe in which, first of all, everything constantly revolves: a music-box society that celebrates itself in the ritual merry-go-round that Schnitzler elevated to the symbol of the entire century ...»
«... publishing his Reigen in 1900.You can't stop: there is a law that condemns to carelessness.In the same way, nothing can be taken seriously: and here is the theme of the theatre, of the continuous changing and exchanging roles, masks, status, opinions.»The two curtains made of silver ECL - Crepe Lamé, here illuminated with blue light ...
... were made up with 100% vertical fullness, measure 22 x h 12 m and are equipped with a Swag opening.The two curtains, which lighting designer Luciano Novelli illuminates here with warm light, open onto a shimmering background in black MSK - Skirbitz ...
... which is raised here with Roman opening, while the colour temperature of the light is switched to cold.Round like Schnitzler's merry-go-round are also the three concentric circles that suspend a large stylized cylindrical chandelier in mid-air over the scene ...
... just as the large banquet table is round, on which a 10 m Ø tablecloth made of HSX - Sintex synthetic silk is placed ...
... and the platform in the center of the stage is round too.
The Merry Widow
Operetta in three acts
Music
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Libretto
Victor Léon (1858-1940)
Leo Stein (1861-1921)
First night
Vienna, Theater an der Wien, 30/12/1905
Scenography,
light design
Leila Fteita
Light design,
technical direction
Luciano Novelli
Stage direction
Luca Micheletti
Staging
Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa
Season
2021/2022

Materials used in this production

Austrian curtains

Typology of curtain

ECL - Crepe Lamé

Metallic aspect fabrics

Flat making

Fabric: tailoring types

FMB - Macbeth 400

Velvets

Horizontal fullness

Fabric: tailoring types

HSV - Trevi

Silks and satins

HSX - Sintex

Silks and satins

MSK - Skirbitz

Metallic aspect fabrics

Roman curtains

Typology of curtain

Swag curtains

Typology of curtain

Vertical fullness

Fabric: tailoring types

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