In Massa Martana, the theater with the masks of the Commedia dell’arte
The Umbrian masks of the Commedia dell’arte will be the protagonists today and tomorrow, Saturday 25 May at the Teatro Consortium in Massa Martana in the show “Lezioni d’Amore” organized by the Laboratorio del Paesaggio of Avigliano Umbro, the town in which the four masks were conceived and accomplished.
The masks are: Rosalinda, Nasoacciaccato, Nasotorto and Chicchirichella, played by Martina Giannini, Stefano Ferrotti, Francesco Michelini and Marco Fioretti, flanked by other artists such as Luca Alcini in the part of Balanzone, Carolina Giannini as a sparkling Colombina, and Lucrezia Beco the beautiful courtesan .
The cameo of the show is the presence of the versatile performer and soprano Francesca Romana Garroni in the part of Pulcinella. The music was consulted by Francesco Contili and the composition of the villanelles was performed by Marco Venturi on the harpsichord and Sara Montani on the baroque violin, with choreography by Maria Cristina Adriatico and original costumes by Paola Contili.
In “Lezioni d’Amore”, says a note from the Landscape Laboratory, «the Umbrian masks of the commedia dell’arte interpret a fun script full of references to tradition and local places, a witty testimony with jokes and jokes, as well as a skilful use of irony. A highly successful creative idea directed by Paola Contili who also took care of the scenography and costumes.”
The masks, the Laboratory always states, are known and requested in many parts of Italy, from Mondovì in Cuneo, to Milan at the Expo, from Parma to the Castello di Bardi and Varallo di Vercelli to Stupinigi and then Verona and other squares for continue to bring Umbria and their country of origin, Avigliano Umbro, to Italy and the world.
