Aladdin’s Lamp is placed in the very rich collection of fairy tales by the legendary  Compagnia Carlo Colla & Figli where, alongside the titles of the repertoire as Cinderella and Puss in Boots, among the new creations. It was in fact expressly written in 1993 by Eugenio Monti Colla, who in the following year also directed him for his debut at the Spoleto Festival. The show, proposed in Milan in ’94 / ’95, was subsequently on tour, among other things, in Cremona, Rome, Puglia and the Macerata Opera Festival, always welcomed with great warmth by the public. Also in this case the “numbers” affect: the marionettes are two hundred, including protagonists, supporting actors, extras and animals; the animators are twelve of which two employees to move only the genius, a singular creature two meters long with the head, the bust and the arms of papier-mâché and the rest of the body made of silk and organza; the paintings of the show are thirteen plus the prologue and correspond to the same number of scenes, partly realized ex novo and partly coming from old shows; two hundred costumes were created for this edition; at least three are the inevitable parades: the procession of the princess, the parade of magical slaves produced by the genius and that of the imperial army that returns victorious led by Aladino, composed of dozens of puppets. The story basically follows the story of the Thousand and One Nights and is set in China, the true East for the Arabs. Among the many curiosities we can finally mention the character of the magician who is a Maghreb dervish, the two genes that come out one from the magic ring and the other from the lamp, one is black, symbol of the irrational, the other is white to to mean reasoning and feeling: from their union will come harmony.The music was composed specifically for the show by Danilo Lorenzini and, more than a commentary on the action, they are a real symphonic poem that follows the action.
Aladdin will ne onstage at Teatro Studio Melato. Created as an experimental space, a “gymnasium” for the young students of the Piccolo’s Theatrical School and location for the annual international Masterclasses, the Teatro Studio, with its circular layout, is very much appreciated by directors from all over the world for the special relationship it creates between the actors and the audience.
Dates
12/ 27 – 01/06 , 2019
Tickets
https://www.piccoloteatro.org/en/2018-2019/la-lampada-di-aladino