Our collaboration with Placido Domingo, one of the most famous and beloved artists of the opera music scene, began in 2009. In 2019, to celebrate his 50-year career on the Arena di Verona stage, we designed and curated the stage sets and video projections of opera pieces from Nabucco, Macbeth, and Simon Boccanegra.
We wrapped the big arena stage with our video projections to obtain a modular and dynamic scene with an immersive effect, able to quickly change between the three different settings.
The video dynamics and traditional scenic movements led the audience towards liquid or arid, lush or dark, naturalistic or architectural atmospheres. Babylonian palaces, ravines of a nocturnal castle, the forest, the fire of battle, marinas crossed by sails, panoramic views, and deserts have followed one another to frame the extraordinary voice of Placido Domingo.
Set & Visual Design
Ezio Antonelli
Set & Visual Design Assistant
Federica Caraboni
Set & Visual Design Assistant
Livio Savini
CG Supervisor
Roberto Santoro
CG Artist
Giuseppe Flora
Francesca Cianniello
Fabrizio Centonze
Orchestra conductor
Jordi Bernàcer
Director
Stefano Trespidi
Choreography
Giuseppe Picone
Stage Set Director
Michele Olcese
Nabucco
Plácido Domingo
Zaccaria
Marko Mimica
Fenena
Géraldine Chauvet
Ismaele
Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Anna
Elisabetta Zizzo
Macbeth
Plácido Domingo
Macduff
Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Malcolm
Carlo Bosi
Lady Macbeth
Anna Pirozzi
Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo
Gabriele Adorno
Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Amelia
Anna Pirozzi
Fiesco
Marko Mimica