theatre theatre – Blending Pixels
#Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

Directed by Enrico Stinchelli

@ Teatro Filarmonico Verona 2019

Enrico Stinchelli’s Don Giovanni inaugurates the 2019 opera season at the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona. The director entrusted us with the project and the realization of the set design.

The scenes, created by Ezio Antonelli, are inspired by the visionary and revolutionary architecture of Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude-Nicolas Ledoux.

The design of video projections created a visual environment, completely virtual, in constant dynamic evolution, in which immersive virtual images have completed some scenic elements. Front projections on double black tulle (one proscenium and the other interior) are added to a backlit backdrop.

The scene and the actions acquire depth and appear wrapped in plastic environments that, as they move, almost make up a large paper theatre (Toy Theater).

Credits

Visual Design
Ezio Antonelli
Set Design Assistant, Graphic Design
Federica Caraboni
Set Design Assistant, Graphic Design
Livio Savini

CG Supervisor
Roberto Santoro
CG Artist
Giuseppe Flora
CG Artist
Francesca Cianniello

Orchestra conductor
Renato Balsadonna
Director and set
Enrico Stinchelli
Costume designer
Maurizio Millenotti

Light Designer
Paolo Mazzon
Maestro del Coro
Vito Lombardi
Direttore Allestimenti scenici
Michele Olcese
Orchestra, Coro
e Tecnici dell’arena di Verona

#Plácido Domingo – Arena di Verona

Domingo 50th

@ Arena di Verona 2019

featuring Plàcido Domingo

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.

Credits

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

Nabucco
Plácido Domingo

Zaccaria
Marko Mimica

Fenena
Géraldine Chauvet

Ismaele
Arturo Chacón-Cruz

Anna
Elisabetta Zizzo

MACBETH

Macbeth
Plácido Domingo

Macduff
Arturo Chacón-Cruz

Malcolm
Carlo Bosi

Lady Macbeth
Anna Pirozzi

SIMON BOCCANEGRA

Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo

Gabriele Adorno
Arturo Chacón-Cruz

Amelia
Anna Pirozzi

Fiesco
Marko Mimica