A young, wild rocker, wearing a chansonnier’s straw hat and holding a mandolin. With the “claim” “Contemporary Tradition”.
Marisa Laurito, artistic director of the Teatro della Canzone napoletana, confirms the line of programming virtuously attentive to tradition as much as to the present, with the participation of masters and young artists.
The conclusion of the season that is about to end in June is flattering: 40 show titles, for 78 performances; the talent show Tnt, for 16 evenings; three cycles of sung conferences, which have explored Neapolitan song in depth in 15 concert-lessons; for a total of 109 curtain raisers.
"My artistic direction at the Trianon Viviani theatre – explains Marisa Laurito – could not have been born under a worse star than the one we have had in these two years: the “covid comet".
But fortunately in my childhood, I read many books about brave captains and the sea, learning that it is precisely in stormy times that interesting challenges can arise. Creativity and ingenuity increase when you have to overcome dark moments and often inventiveness is born from crises. It is precisely in these moments that we must work and build together, combining positive energies".
The new program therefore relaunches the productive commitment with an offer divided into nine sections, including theater, music, dance, fairy tales, event evenings: 51 shows on stage, including 5 productions of the Trianon Viviani and 9 world premieres, with 98 total performances, plus four cycles of sung conferences that include 18 concert-lessons.
The season ticket campaign will start in June.
As usual, the season will have a preview on September 23 with the new productions of Viviani on the street: in the unique setting of the Maritime Station of Naples, this third stage of the project conceived and curated by Nello Mascia, sees the staging of “Caffè di notte e giorno” and “Scalo marittimo”, two one-act plays from 1919 and 1918 respectively. Also in September, another show dedicated to the playwright from Castellammare di Stabia to whom the theatre is dedicated: Vivianesque by Gennaro Cimmino, an evening of contemporary dance and music.
The season opens on October 13 with the revival of La donna è mobile, the musical comedy-parody by Vincenzo Scarpetta, staged by Francesco Saponaro, with arrangements and musical direction by Mariano Bellopede, produced by Trianon.
Musical Theater – The other titles in the “musical theater” section are Liricamente Napoli, with Antonio Lubrano, Alessandro Cerino, Raffaella Ambrosino and Francesco Malapena (October 21); Rumore di fondo, which deals with the delicate topic of femicide, with Gea Martire and Antonella Ippolito, directed by Nadia Baldi (November 4); the debuts of Much Ado About Nothing, a Neapolitan adaptation of the Shakespearean classic, written and directed by Giuseppe Miale Di Mauro, with the young people of the Giovani 'Onest group (November 11) and A spasso. Parole e musica with Libero e Vincenzo, an original work by Maurizio de Giovanni on Libero Bovio and Vincenzo Russo (November 18).
On November 25, on the second anniversary of Maradona's death, Dueguito's tango. El D10s de la pelota, with Patrizio Rispo and Diego Moreno.
Then Quartieri Spagnoli, a musical written, directed and performed by Gianfranco Gallo, which sets Aristophanes' Lysistrata in a difficult Naples of today marked by the Camorra (December 1st). Followed by Nel nome di Ciccio, the homage of the Virtuosi San Martino to Nino Taranto, son of the Forcella neighborhood (January 20th); Terroni.
The true story of the unification of Italy, directed and performed by Roberto D'Alessandro, who adapted for the theater the homonymous essay by Pino Aprile, with music by Eugenio Bennato and Mimmo Cavallo (January 27); the world premieres of Tutta casa, letto e chiesa by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, with the actress Chiara Baffi and the musician Ciro Riccardi (February 10), and Alla corte di Pulcinella, a theater and music project, written and directed by Carlo Faiello, in which the Neapolitan mask symbolizes mystery, freedom and irony (February 17), finally the revival of Adagio Napoletano.
Cantata d'ammore, the repertoire production of the Trianon Viviani: the successful musical by Bruno Garofalo, with the musical direction of Pino Perris, which offers a journey through the Neapolitan melodies of the twentieth century with a rich cast of artists led by Ciro Capano, Susy Sebastiano, Francesco Malapena and Gigio Morra (performances from March 24, April 21 and May 19).
Theatre – In this section the prose show Pregiudizi convergenti, written and directed by Domenico Ciruzzi, with Antonella Stefanucci, who plays the double role of a poor and suffering woman, who divides her time between conversations with her husband in prison and judicial interrogations, and that of the public prosecutor, who has no qualms about using his “power” to gain small personal benefits (12 May).
Dance and Music – In addition to the Vivianesque show in September, this section hosts Neapolis mantra, a multidisciplinary work created by the Italian-African director and choreographer Mvula Sungani: inspired by contemporary Neapolitan culture, it sees the interaction and interpenetration of dance, live music and words. The protagonists are Emanuela Bianchini, Enzo Gragnaniello and the performers of the Mvula Sungani psychical dance (April 15).
Concerts – The concert program opens with Enzo Avitabile, who performs in Napoletana, a special acoustic concert dedicated to the song, which also sees the use of an instrument such as the harpina invented for the occasion (October 22); and with the recital by Andrea Sannino, Andrè, in world premiere (October 29).
In November Carlo Mey Famularo in Un posto al soul, the 'A67 in Jastemma and Eddy Napoli who debuts in Viva Napoli, respectively on the 13th, 20th and 26th of the month.
There are four events in January: the debut of Roberto Colella in La Maschera in concert with the Athena orchestra (day 7), Flo in Brave ragazze (13), Eugenio Finardi in Eufonia suite (14) and Daniele Sepe who debuts in Sepè le Mokò (28).
In February: Tony Cercola in Suonando mi racconto. Storia di un percussautore (day 3); the colourful caravan of Passione live, with Francesco Di Bella of 24Grana, Dario Sansone of Foja, Roberto Colella of Maschera, Maldestro, Gnut, Flo, Irene Scarpato of Suonno d'ajere and Simona Boo (4); the duo Gianni Valentino and Lello Tramma for Totò poetry culture, which proposes the poetic production of Antonio de Curtis, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the very famous song Malafemmena (24); and Raiz who pays homage to Sergio Bruni in L'ammore è 'o cuntrario d' 'a morte (25).
In March: the pianist and composer Lorenzo Hengeller in 88 keys. In praise of the piano and its heroes (day 3); Tommaso Primo (4); Fiorenza Calogero in AnimaFolk (10); Luciano Capurro, great-grandson of the poet Giovanni author of 'O sole mio, in 'Sta festa 'o saje… Songs, dances and jokes of a seaside city (11); Vittorio Marsiglia in 80 desire to sing, with Mariano Perrella, Isabella Alfano and Mario Vicari (17); and Kalika, a band, formed mainly by women, that tells the story of the female world in music (31).
There are two concerts in April: Tosca in 'Sto core mio, a declared homage to Roberto Murolo, and the trio Suonno d'ajere in Suspiro, on days 1 and 14 respectively.
In May the appointments are with Lalla Esposito, in the concert for voice and strings La canzone teatrale, written and directed by Paolo Coletta (day 5); Stefano Bollani in Piano solo (6) and the Orchestra di piazza Vittorio in Dancefloor, which for the theatre of Neapolitan song will also perform some Neapolitan melodies (31).
Sceneggiata – In December, the Trianon Viviani opens a “window” onto the world of the sceneggiata, the particular form of musical theatre that is part of the history of the theatre, both with the resident company of Salvatore Cafiero and Eugenio Fumo in the 1920s and 1930s, and with the revival of the 1970s.
From December 9th, Spacciatore will be on stage, written by Andrej Longo and directed by Pierpaolo Sepe. Produced by the Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Nazionale, the text tells a cross-section of our city, using the classic form of the sceneggiata. We find a modern-day pusher, a real character who hides the ambiguities and problems of today.
Then, from December 22, Guapparia, produced by Trianon Viviani himself, directed by Bruno Garofalo.
Event Evenings – The season also features four special shows: Lo scugnizzo elegante, an evening of homage to Antonio Sorrentino, the singer-actor from Forcella who died prematurely, hosted by Renato Marengo, directed by Claudio Niola, which will also see the awarding of prizes to some young people who, like Sorrentino, have achieved important goals in life (28 October); Nummere, the 'very ill-mannered Neapolitan tombola', by and with Gino Curcione (26 December).
And again the New Year's Eve dinner-show with the Nuova compagnia di Canto popolare in Napoli 1534… e altre storie (December 31); and Serata Merola, the homage to the king of the sceneggiata, who debuted at the Trianon in a competition of new voices in 1959, conducted by his son Francesco, with the Trianon Viviani Stable Orchestra (January 5).
Opera – The Trianon Viviani musical programme also includes opera with Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème, performed in its entirety with piano accompaniment, directed by Giancarlo Nicoletti and inspired by cinematographic techniques (7 April).
Fables – Moral of the fable is a project of new fairy tales, linked to current issues, written and performed by Ciro Villano and a cast of children, with music by Adriano Pennino. The narrator interacts with the instruments of the Sanitansamble orchestra, with the audience and with the young actors on stage. Veronica Maya will take part. On stage October 23, November 27, December 27 and January 6.
Singing Conferences – The concert-lessons for in-depth study of Neapolitan song continue and intensify, with a structure in four cycles, curated by Mauro Gioia (November 6, February 12, March 16 and May 14); Francesca Colapietro and Mariano Bellopede (November 13, January 15, February 5, March 12 and May 7); Pasquale Scialò (December 12; April 6, 13, 20 and 27); and Nello Mascia, with the scientific consultancy of Antonia Lezza (January 8 and 29, February 23 and March 5).
The Trianon Viviani benefits from the support of the Complementary Operational Programme of the Campania Region (Poc 2014-2020), the technical sponsorship of Enel and the patronage of Rai Campania.
Article published on May 26, 2022 - 17:48 pm
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