Serenata

Choreography MAURO BIGONZETTI
Music original and traditional music from southern Italy arranged and performed live by the Gruppo Musicale ASSURD*
Costume design: HELENA MEDEIROS
Lighting design: CARLO CERRI

“A fairy tale…without. Without story, without cohesion, without restraint, just a crazy desire to set off an explosion right there, on stage, similar to a firecracker thrown by some mischievous scamp at the feet of a group of ladies. A levitated performance, flying theater, where flight represents primordial desire, the magical container of every possible dream. Theater in the broadest sense of the term, an exaltation of its rudimentary capacity to create illusion, by means of music, both played and visualized, employing a veil of absurdity to avoid the risk of slipping into banal nostalgia while recounting the story of Neapolitan theater”
From “Sono nata a Procida. Memoria impossibile di Concetta Barra” by Lamberto Lambertini.

* Gruppo ASSURD: Cristina Vetrone (vocals, concertina, tammorra), Lorella Monti - Enza Pagliara (vocals, tambourine, castanets), Enza Prestia (vocals, tammorra, tambourine).
“Serenata” by Amerigo Ciervo - Kindly authorized by Amerigo&Marcello Ciervo (I Musicalia)
“Primmavera” Lyrics by Eugenio Bennato - Music by Cristina Vetrone
“Tango e vai” Lyrics by Eugenio Bennato and Carlo D’Angiò (A’ cantina ‘e zì Teresa)
“Lacreme’ e cundannate”, arranged by Daniele Sepe. We kindly thank the author for his authorization.

World premiere:
Germania, Ludwigshafen, Theater im Pfalzbau
22 November 2003

New version:
Germania, Lörrach, Rosenfelspark
18 July 2008