Name: Ante Lucem
Start: 2022-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Sociale

Organization

Soprano

Cristina Baggio

soprano

violin

Elisa Spremulli

Pianist

Andrea Mariani

Violoncello

Edoardo Francescon

Teatro Del Lemming

Ante Lucem

Rovigo

Italy

Teatro Sociale di Rovigo

Teatro Sociale

Ante Lucem: Seven romances on verses by Alexander Blok, Op.127 Shostakovich

Public

Private

Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Conductor

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Contralto

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

ANTE LUCEM (Before Dawn) is a chamber opera that was born around the Seven romances on poems by Aleksandr Blok op. 127 by Dmitry Shostakovich. Although it is a score that the Russian composer wrote for soprano and a small instrumental ensemble, it lends itself particularly to a theatrical reinterpretation, as indeed happens to various compositions by the late Shostakovich (the Six Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva, the suite on verses by Michelangelo, even the Symphony n.14, etc.). The scenic writing carried out in this version by the Teatro del Lemming superimposes the articulated language of the theater on the music: the physicality of the actors, the poetic word, the symbolic language of the images, therefore transform the chamber composition into a complex Opera with a strong visual impact.

It is night and we are waiting for a revelation. A dreamy atmosphere dominates, a diffuse misty texture. Glimpses open on mysterious and evanescent scenarios, pervaded by melancholy and enigmas. An intimate and evocative space, all the more current in this pandemic era: a song thrown into the darkness of the night awaiting the release of a new dawn.

English

ANTE LUCEM (Prima dell’Alba) è un’Opera da camera che nasce attorno alle Sette romanze su poesie di Aleksandr Blok op. 127 di Dmitrij Šostakovič. Per quanto si tratti di una partitura che il compositore russo scrisse per soprano e un piccolo ensemble strumentale, essa si presta particolarmente ad una rilettura teatrale, come per altro accade a diverse composizioni dell'ultimo Šostakovič (le Sei poesie di Marina Cvetaeva, la suite su versi di Michelangelo, persino la Sinfonia n.14, ecc.). La scrittura scenica operata in questa versione dal Teatro del Lemming, sovrappone alla musica il linguaggio articolato del teatro: la fisicità degli attori, la parola poetica, il linguaggio simbolico delle immagini, trasformano perciò la composizione da camera in un’Opera complessa e dal forte impatto visivo.

È notte e siamo come in attesa di una rivelazione. Domina un’atmosfera da sogno, una diffusa trama nebbiosa. Si aprono squarci su scenari misteriosi ed evanescenti, pervasi di malinconia e di enigmi. Uno spazio intimo e evocativo, tanto più attuale in quest'epoca di pandemia: un canto gettato nell'oscurità della notte in attesa della liberazione di una nuova alba.

italiano

Ante Lucem by Shostakovich, Sat 15 Oct 2022, From (2022/2022), Teatro Sociale, Rovigo, Italy

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