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L’Orfeo
Music by Claudio Monteverdi
Musical tale
Libretto by Alessandro Striggio
Critical Edition Bernardo Ticci Edizioni
Orfeo Giovanni Sala
La Musica Vittoria Magnarello
Messenger Alice Grassi
Shepherd I Massimo Altieri
Shepherd II Luca Cervoni
Proserpina Daniela Pini
Hope Margherita Maria Sala
Charon Mirco Palazzi
Pluto Federico Sacchi
Eurydice Eleonora Pace
The Nymph Chiara Nicastro
ACCADEMIA BIZANTINA
Conductor Ottavio Dantone
CREMONA ANTIQUA CHOIR
Choir Master Antonio Greco
Director, sets, and costumes Pier Luigi Pizzi
Choreographer Gino Potente
Lighting and assistant director Massimo Gasparon
Assistant costume designer Lorena Marin
Co-production Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
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ALIGHIERI THEATRE RAVENNA
Early decades of the 19th century: after over a hundred years, the Communicative Theatre, entirely made of wood, is deteriorating, and the Civic Administration decides to build a new structure. Meanwhile, a suitable location must be found, and the choice falls on Piazzetta degli Svizzeri, shabby and surrounded by shanties, but right in the city center. In 1838, the project is entrusted to two Venetian architects, the Meduna brothers, Tomaso and Giovan Batista. The former oversaw the restoration of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, which was partially destroyed by a fire. He also designed the first railway bridge connecting Venice to the mainland. Thus, a neoclassical building is born, similar in many respects to the Venetian theatre. It is the apostolic delegate, Monsignor Stefano Rossi, who suggests dedicating it to Dante Alighieri.
