Gigi Proietti: from ancient Rome to variety, through Shakespeare
Double appointment Roman en plein air with Gigi Proietti. It starts tonight (tomorrow replication). The actor will offer the audience of the Festival of Caracalla his recital omnivorous and forever changing that had great success at the Spa last year too. What tells the audience the interpreter more loved by the people Capitoline? Gigi, just for Caracalla, has devised a container in two parts. The first is devoted to the archaeological site, ruins are now called as the Emperor at which date back admirer of gallic short cape with hood in which he liked to wrap himself and from which comes its name.
ANCIENT ROME IN VARIETY
Gigi ranges from Caracalla to Marcus Aurelius, from Caligula to Nero, a precise eye to history and one to parody, which is to be master of genres. You can define this first time, a tribute to the classic that the public likes to excess (those who have already watched the show still has repurchased the ticket, the box office trumpeting Opera on both nights sold out). The second part is instead adventure in the territories of Variety, the Café Chantant of melodrama as Car of Thespis. The protagonist, the dean of contaminatio, faces types, characters, caricatures, old and new creations and fields, in addition to himself, a group of characteristics, dancers and collaborators, able to build the necessary view effervescence.
Here Gigi ranging from the ballad song, the curtain to poetry. Memorable, as always, the appearance of Toto, the Roman township in and out of the sauna in search of a friend liqueso, figure particularly homogeneous with the thermal environment. Toto seems straight out of a steam bath, it is wrapped in a white towel, and swinging because exhausted by the long stay in the bath at high temperature. Viewers in direct dialogue with the interpreter, anticipating even jokes that they know by heart.
SHAKESPEARE
A few days after the performance of Caracalla, here is the Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare that Gigi has directed for the opening of the tenth season at the Globe Theatre in Villa Borghese. The artistic director of the Elizabethan space like so much to young people is particularly attracted by the story of the boys of Verona, has already been treated in the past.
THE REVIEWING
He staged for the occasion with a new look, as well as playwright director, leaning especially on the sensitivity of viewers peers of the unfortunate couple.
The debut is scheduled for Thursday, July 11. The cast, characters and actors, is formed by unknown performers and novice Gigi tried and brought up going to fish even among school pupils of the Roman theater. The director has auditioned long and articulated by such figures came out just as Shakespeare has designed for this equipment. Repeats until July 28, the second tranche from 6th to 11th August.
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