video TRAILER, 7 min.
music TRAILER, 18 min.
music Thomas Fortmann
libretto various artists
drama Bruno Gaudieri
director Francesco Tarsi, Caterina Genta
conductor Massimo Merone
scenery Francesca Bizzarri & Jochen Meyder
Sopran
Federica Raja (Pia de’ Tolomei)
Mezzosopran
Simona Bertini (Margherita Aldobrandeschi)
Tenor
Daniele De Prosperi (Nello Pannocchieschi)
Baritono
Andrea Rola (Tollo degli Alberti di Prata / Ghino)
L’Accademia Amiata Ensemble:
Jana Hildebrandt (flute)
Antonio Galella (clarinet)
Davide Vallini (saxophone)
Gigi Dalicandro (trumpet)
Ettore Candela (piano)
Claudio Cavalieri (violin)
Laura Gorkoff (violoncello)
Riccardo Cavalieri (guitar)
Carlo Bellucci (bass)
Federico Poli (drums & perc.)
Valter Neri (audio engineer)
ad lib. amateur choir
project management: Associazione Polis 2001
Opera popolare o quasi
Pia de' Tolomei
The popular legends transmitted by Sestini and Moroni in "Ottava Rima", Donizetti's opera and the cinematography of the mid-twentieth century tell us a melodramatic story anchored in a nineteenth century vision.
In dealing with this subject we have adhered to an interpretation faithful to the original, closely linked to the few verses of the divine comedy and based on rigorous and modern historical research, which also reveals a much more dramatic drama than the traditional legends.
