Büchner, Hölderlin, Lenz, Kleist, Rilke, Dostoevsky, Mayakovsky, Shakespeare, Goethe, Grimm, Andersen, Calderón de la Barca, Genet, Lorca, Bacchini, Ovid, Virgil, Manzoni, d'Annunzio, Ariosto, Dante, Euripides, Aeschylus, the Holy Scriptures, Homer: these are the authors and works that have marked the monographic and multi-year projects of the Lenz Foundation, starting from 1985. Recent contemporary performative creation projects are the artistic result of in-depth visual, filmic, spatial, dramaturgical and sound research.
HAIKU #3_WHERE BEFORE WAS AIR
From Bacchini, Rilke, Hölderlin, Dickinson, Bachmann.
Translation: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Interprete: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theater, Habitat Pubblico, March 27, 2024.
OVER GINA PANE_4 SENTIMENTAL ACTIONS
Performative composition: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini, Monica Barone, Tiziana Cappella, Carlotta Spaggiari.
Parma, Palazzo del Governatore, Habitat Pubblico, May 2,2024.
GNOSTIC APOCALYPSES
Original text by Francesco Pititto from the Gnostic Apocalypses and the Gospel of Mary of Magdala.
Writing, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Tiziana Cappella, Grugher, Marcello Sambati, Sandra Soncini, Carlotta Spaggiari.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 23 October 2024.
HAIKU #4_WHERE BEFORE WAS ROCK
From Bacchini, Holderlin, Dickinson, Cvaetaeva, Pozzi, Eliot.
Translation: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Spazio Polidoro8, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 14 November 2024.
THE CREATION_ORATORY
Original text by Francesco Pititto from the work of Franz Joseph Haydn and the texts of Genesis, Psalms and from Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Writing, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Victoria Vasquez Jurado (soprano).
Voice off: Agata Pelosi.
Parma, Museum of Paleontology, Landscape Morphologies, 1° March 2023.
APOCALYPSE
Original text by Francesco Pititto from the Apocalypse of John.
Writing, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Giuseppe Verdi, Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Tiziana Cappella, Fabrizio Croci, Grugher, Sandra Soncini, Victoria Vasquez Jurado (soprano). Documentary extractions: Anna Kauber.
Video footage: Julius Muchai.
Parma, Wopa Area, Public Habitat, 22 June 2023.
HAIKU #1_WHERE BEFORE IT WAS WOODLAND
From Bacchini, Rilke, Hölderlin, Pound.
Translation: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 22 September 2023.
HAIKU #1_WHERE BEFORE WAS WATER
From Bacchini, Yeats, Pascoli.
Translation: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Gallerie delle Fontane, Unusual Festival, 26 September 2023.
CRINE_ERMENGARDE ORATORY
From the Adelchi of Alessandro Manzoni.
Rewriting, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, shells: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music and live performance: Roberto Bonati.
Performer: Carlotta Spaggiari.
Parma, Galleria San Ludovico, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 22 November 2023.
NUMBERS
Old Testament Pentateuch_From the Fourth Book of the Old Testament.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Composition, installation, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Original music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Marcello Sambati.
Performing actions: Tiziana Cappella.
Production Lenz Foundation_Festival Natura Dèi Teatri
Parma, Galleria San Ludovico, from 25 November to 3 December 2022.
LEAD GREY
Visual_sound_performative installation.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, composition, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Performers on video: Valentina Barbarini, Roberto Risieri, Pierluigi Tedeschi, Guglielmo Gazzelli.
Original music: Andrea Azzali.
Production Lenz Foundation_Festival Natura Dèi Teatri.
Parma, Galleria San Ludovico, from 2 to 5 November 2022.
CATHARINA VON SIENA
By Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.
Adaptation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Sandra Soncini.
Production Lenz Foundation.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, from 15 June to 24 June 2022.
LITTLE GIRLS
Original text and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Composition and installation: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Curating: Elena Sorbi.
Historical consultancy: Fabrizia Dalcò, Maddalena Arrighini.
Training project: Fabrizia Dalcò.
Lenz Production Foundation in collaboration with ISREC.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, from Monday 25 April to Friday 29 April 2022.
LIFE IS A DREAM
From Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Claudio Rocchetti, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Antonio Bocchi, Tiziana Cappella, Lorenzo Davini, Daniel Gianlupi, Paolo Maccini, Agata Pelosi, Sandra Soncini, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera; Singers: Debora Tresanini (soprano), Eva Maria Ruggieri (contralto), Davide Zaccherini (tenor).
Paradigna, Valserena Abbey Perimeter, Natura Dèi Teatri Festival, 19 June 2021.
LENZ LECTURAE DANTIS
From Dante.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Fabrizio Croci, Sandra Soncini, Debora Tresanini (soprano).
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 12 September 2021.
THE CREATION
Original text by Francesco Pititto from the work of Franz Joseph Haydn and the texts of Genesis, Psalms and from Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Writing, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Debora Tresanini (soprano).
Voice off: Agata Pelosi
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 22 October 2021.
ORESTEIA
From Aeschylus.
Translation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Lillevan.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Monica Barone, Lara Bonvini, Sandra Soncini, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 13 November 2021.
FLOWERS LIKE STARS?
From The Constant Prince by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Claudio Rocchetti, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 24 September 2020.
VIOLENT HIPÓGRIFO
From Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Claudio Rocchetti, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 24 September 2020.
OTHER STATE
From Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Claudio Rocchetti, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performer: Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 8 October 2020.
IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS
Scenic-musical rewriting by Wolfgang Goethe and Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Monica Barone.
Choreographic notations: Davide Rocchi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 8 April 2019.
ORESTEA #1 NESTS
From Aeschylus. Dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Lillevan.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Sandra Soncini, Carlotta Spaggiari.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 8 April 2019.
LA VIDA ES SUEÑO
Auto sacramental di Pedro Calderón de La Barca.
Drammaturgia, imagoturgia: Francesco Pititto.
Installazione site-specific, regia e costumi: Maria Federica Maestri.
Musica: Claudio Rocchetti.
Interpreti: Franck Berzieri, Matteo Castellazzi, Giuseppina Cattani, Lorenzo Davini, Maria Giardino, Martina Gismondi, Paolo Maccini, Elena Nunziata, Agata Pelosi, Margherita Picchi, Mirella Pongolini, Cesare Quintavalla, Sandra Soncini, Valeria Spocci, Giada Vaccaro.
Parma, Ala Nord Galleria Nazionale, Pilotta, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 11 giugno 2019.
ORESTEA #2 MILK
From Aeschylus.
Dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Lillevan.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Lara Bonvini, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 20 November 2019.
ROSA WINKEL
Text by Francesco Pititto.
Imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Giancarlo D'Antonio/Davide Rocchi, Adriano Engelbrecht, Roberto Riseri.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 23 April 2018.
THE GREAT THEATER OF THE WORLD
By Pedro Calderón de La Barca.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Claudio Rocchetti.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Franck Berzieri, Monica Bianchi, Lara Bonvini, Matteo Castellazzi, Lorenzo Davini, Eugenio Maria Degiacomi (bass), Paolo Maccini, Valeria Meggi, Sandra Soncini, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera. Musicians: Francesco Baroni, Sara Dieci, Luciano D'Orazio, Francesco Melani, Alessandro Trapasso, Alessio Zanfardino.
Parma, Farnese Theatre, Pilotta, Natura Dèi Teatri Festival, 18 June 2018.
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS
Scenic-musical rewriting by Euripides and Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Debora Tresanini (soprano), Eugenio Maria Degiacomi (bass).
Parma, Oratory of San Quirino, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 2 July 2018.
MACBETH GREENS
From Verdi and Shakespeare.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Musical reworkings and live electronics performance: Andrea Azzali.
Singers: Roxana Herrera Diaz (soprano), Cesare Kwon (baritone), Eugenio Maria Degiacomi (bass).
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Sandra Soncini. Live choir: Ars Canto Giuseppe Verdi Youth Choir directed by Eugenio Maria Degiacomi. Choir on video: Choir of the Teatro Regio of Parma directed by Maestro Martino Faggiani, another Maestro Massimo Malaspina. Performer on video: Germano Baschieri, Mattia Sivieri, Ivan Fraschini, Daniele Benvenuti.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Verdi Festival, 13 October 2018.
AKTION T4
Text by Francesco Pititto.
Imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Alessia Dell'Imperio, Giacomo Rastelli, Tommaso Sementa, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Industriae Performing Arts, 25 April 2017.
THIS WEAK STRENGTH
From Oedipus the Tyrant and Friedrich Holderlin's Song of Destiny and Hyperion.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Live music: Claudio Rocchetti.
Performers: Eugenio Maria Degiacomi (bass) and Chiara Garzo.
Parma, Pilotta, Archaeological Museum, 18 May 2017.
PURGATORY
From Dante's Divine Comedy.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
On stage: Valentina Barbarini, Franck Berzieri, Marco Cavellini, Fabrizio Croci, Paolo Maccini, Delfina Rivieri and actors of the Parma dialect companies: Roberto Beretta, Sonia Iemmi, Ylenia Pessina, Mirella Pongolini, Giacomo Rastelli, Cesare Quintavalla, Silvia Reverberi, Valeria Spocci.
Parma, Ex-Ospedale Vecchio, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 20 June 2017.
PARADISE. A SACRED PIECE
From Laudi to the Virgin Mary by Giuseppe Verdi.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Choir Direction: Gabriella Corsaro.
On stage: Valentina Barbarini, Monica Barone, Monica Bianchi, Lara Bonvini, Anna Coccia, Alessia Dell'Imperio, Monica De Palma, Emma Galante, Chiara Garzo, Federica Goni, Paolo Maccini, Valeria Meggi, Mirella Pongolini, Delfina Rivieri, Silvia Settimj, Sandra Soncini, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera. Choir: Parma Choirs Association.
Parma, North Bridge, Verdi Festival, 12 October 2017.
IMPERIAL STAIRCASE
Site-specific installation of the Pilotta Monumental Complex.
Imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Live music electronics: Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner.
Parma, Farnese Theatre, Natura Dèi Teatri Festival, 18 November 2017.
KINDER
Text by Francesco Pititto.
Imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini and Marco Cavellini.
Together with the Ars Canto Children's Choir directed by Gabriella Corsaro: Pietro Anelli, Samuele Bellingeri, Matteo Castellazzi, Marcello Costa, Martina Gismondi, Agata Pelosi, Alessandro Poli, Cloe Teodori, Anna Giada Vaccaro.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Industriae Performing Arts, 25 April 2016.
THE FURIOUS #5 THE ILLUSION #6 MADNESS #7 DEATH #8 THE MOON
From Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy, film scenes: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, plastic elements, direction: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Walter Bastiani, Marco Cavellini, Carlo Destro, Paolo Maccini, Roberto Riseri, Delfina Rivieri, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera.
Valera, Temple of Cremation, Natura Dèi Teatri Festival, 16 June 2016.
MACBETH
From William Shakespeare.
Translation, dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Perfromer on video: Germano Baschieri, Mattia Sivieri, Ivan Fraschini, Daniele Benvenuti.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 26 June 2016.
AUTODAFÉ
From Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Choir Direction: Gabriella Corsaro.
On stage: Domenico Mento (bass), Eugenio Maria Degiacomi (bass), Ars Canto youth choir, Valentina Barbarini, Walter Bastiani, Lara Bonvini, Marco Cavellini, Chiara Garzo, Federica Goni, Paolo Maccini, Delfina Rivieri, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera, Silvia Settimj, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Napoleonic Wing of the former San Francesco prison, Verdi Festival, 14 October 2016.
HYPERION
From the Hyperion of Friedrich Holderlin.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Live music: Paul Wirkus.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Adriano Engelbrecht.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 24 November 2016.
ROMEO AND JULIET CONCERT
From William Shakespeare.
Music: Carla Delfrate.
Translation: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Alessia Galeotti, Sandra Soncini, Elena Sorbi, Carlotta Spaggiari.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 1° December 2016.
AN HOUR OF ANY DAY.
Texts by Pier Luigi Bacchini.
Direction and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Live music performance: Andrea Azzali.
Installation: Maria Federica Maestri.
Voice over: Roberto Riseri.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Public Habitat, 12 March 2015.
THE FURIOUS #1 THE ESCAPE #2 THE ISLAND
From Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy, film scenes: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, plastic elements, direction: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Marco Cavellini, Carlo Destro, Paolo Maccini, Delfina Rivieri, Federica Rosati, Vincenzo Salemi, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera.
Ozzano Taro di Collecchio, Ettore Guatelli Museum, Public Habitat, 18 June 2015.
GREEN KING LEAR
From King Lear by Somma-Verdi first version with variants and King Lear by William Shakespeare.
Research, dramaturgy and imagoturgy, director: Francesco Pititto.
Live music electronics: Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner.
Installations and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music consultancy: M° Carla Delfrate.
Singing consultant: Donatella Saccardi.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini, Barbara Voghera, Giuseppe Barigazzi (on video).
Singers: Haruka Takahashi, Ekaterina Chekmareva, Gaetano Vinciguerra, Lorenzo Bonomi, Andrea Pellegrini, Adriano Gramigni.
Voice over: Rocco Caccavari.
On stage: Rocco Caccavari, Paolo Maccini, Franck Berzieri, Carlo Destro, Paolo Pediri, Marco Cavellini.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Verdi Festival, 10 October 2015.
THE FURIOUS #3 THE MAN #4 THE PALACE
From Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy, film scenes: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Franck Berzieri, Marco Cavellini, Carlo Destro, Paolo Maccini, Delfina Rivieri, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Rasori Pavilion – Ospedale Maggiore di Parma, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 19 November 2015.
HYPERION #2
From Friedrich Holderlin's Hyperion.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Live electronics music: Paul Wirkus. Performer: Adriano Engelbrecht, Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 4 December 2015.
VERDI RE LEAR_THE WORK THAT IS NOT THERE | INTRODUCTION.
Research, visual and performative dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Dramaturgy and musical composition: Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music consultancy: Carla Delfrate.
Singing consultant: Donatella Saccardi.
Singers: Ekaterina Chekmareva, Haruka Takahashi, Gaetano Vinciguerra, Lorenzo Bonomi.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini, Barbara Voghera.
Performer on video: Giuseppe Barigazzi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 5 December 2014.
ADELCHI
From Alessandro Manzoni.
Dramaturgy, imagoturgy and film scenes: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Carlotta Spaggiari, Carlo Destro, Franck Berzieri.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 7 December 2014.
HYPERION/DIOTIMA
From Friedrich Hölderlin.
Live electronics music: Paul Wirkus.
Visual and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 13 December 2014.
THE BETROTHED
By Alessandro Manzoni.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Franck Berzieri, Monica Bianchi, Giovanni Carnevale, Carlo Destro, Paolo Maccini, Roberto Riseri, Delfina Rivieri, Vincenzo Salemi, Elena Sorbi, Carlotta Spaggiari, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 16 November 2013.
HAMLET SOLO
(Hamlet Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Translation, dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Direction, installation, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Barbara Voghera.
Performers on video: Liliana Bertè, Franck Berzieri, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Vincenzo Salemi, Elena Varoli.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 30 November 2013.
THE GLORY
From Gabriele d'Annunzio.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 27 November 2013.
HAMLET AT THE FARNESE THEATER IN PARMA
(Hamlet Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Translation and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Franck Berzieri, Giovanni Carnevale, Paolo Maccini, Delfina Rivieri, Barbara Voghera.
Performers on video: Liliana Bertè, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Luigi Moia, Vincenzo Salemi, Elena Varoli.
Parma, Farnese Theatre, Palazzo della Pilotta, 23 May 2012.
AENEIS IN ITALY – AENEIS A#7 THE COMPENSATION A#8 LEAD GRAY A#9 GRANDCHILDREN A#10 VARIOUS ATTACKS A#11 THE LITTLE A#12 RUTHLESS?
From books 7_12 of the Aeneid of Publius Virgil Maron.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Live music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Roberto Riseri, Pierluigi Tedeschi.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Lenz Teatro, 1 December 2012.
PENTHESILEA
Heinrich von Kleist's.
Translation: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 4 December 2012.
THE ISLAND OF DOGS. BURIAL. MATCH. BURNING. AGUA. THUNDER.
Dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Sandra Soncini, Elena Sorbi, Valentina Barbarini, Barbara Voghera, Monica Bianchi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 17 May 2011.
HAMLET AT THE COLORNO PALACE
(Hamlet Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Translation and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Liliana Bertè, Franck Berzieri, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Lino Pontremoli, Delfina Rivieri, Vincenzo Salemi, Elena Varoli, Barbara Voghera.
Colorno, Royal Palace, 11 October 2011.
AENEIS
From the Aeneid of Publius Virgil Maron.
Rewriting in twelve episodes: Francesco Pititto.
Dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
AENEIS #1 THE WILD BOAR RACE.
Liber Primus from Virgil.
Live music performance: Lillevan.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Giuseppe Barigazzi, Giancarlo Ilari.
Parma, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Lenz Teatro, 11 November 2011.
AENEIS #2 I UNDERGO THE WEIGHT.
Liber Secundus from Virgil.
Live music performance: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Giuseppe Barigazzi, Giancarlo Ilari.
Parma, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Lenz Teatro, 13 November 2011.
AENEIS #3 THE LUNG.
Liber Tertius from Virgil.
Live music performance: Paul Wirkus.
Performer: Giancarlo Ilari.
Parma, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Lenz Teatro, 15 November 2011.
AENEIS #4 THE DRAGONS.
Liber Quartus from Virgil.
Live music performance: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini, Giuseppe Barigazzi.
Parma, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Lenz Teatro, 16 November 2011.
AENEIS #5 OF WHAT PUNISHMENTS AND TORTURE.
Liber Quintus from Virgil.
Live music performances: OvO, Bruno Dorella, Stefania Pedretti.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Giuseppe Barigazzi, Giancarlo Ilari, Vincenzo Piccirillo, Elena Sorbi, Pierluigi Tedeschi.
Parma, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Lenz Teatro, 18 November 2011.
AENEIS #6 ROASTED MEATS.
Liber Sextus from Virgil.
Live music performance: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Giuseppe Barigazzi, Giancarlo Ilari, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Lenz Teatro, 20 November 2011.
DIDO
From Epistulae Heroidum by Publius Ovidius Naso.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini, Giuseppe Barigazzi.
Parma, ParmaPoesia Festival, Lenz Teatro, 15 June 2010.
DIE SCHACHTEL
By Franco Evangelisti. Musical action in 8 structures for performer, magnetic tape and ensemble.
Director: Marco Angius.
Dramaturgical-visual reworking: Francesco Pititto.
Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Instrumental supervision: Salvatore Sciarrino.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini, Elena Sorbi.
Prometheus Ensemble: Mario Caroli, Roberta Gottardi, David Brutti, Giacomo Cella, Andrea Camilli, Simone Beneventi, Pedro Perini, Gabriele Croci, Claude Hauri, Dario Calderone.
Project curation: Martino Traversa.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 29 October 2010.
HAMLET AT THE ROCCA DI SAN SECONDO
(Hamlet Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Franck Berzieri, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Lino Pontremoli, Delfina Rivieri, Vincenzo Salemi, Elena Varoli, Barbara Voghera.
Video performers: Liliana Bertè.
San Secondo, Rocca dei Rossi, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 3 November 2010.
EXILIUM_THE BIG SCAR
From Publius Ovidius Naso, Wolfgang Goethe, Paul Celan.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, ParmaPoesia Festival, Lenz Teatro, 21 June 2009.
EXILIUM
From Tristia and Epistulae ex Pontus by Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Elena Sorbi, Laura Vallavanti, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 17 October 2009.
H = 277 LB
(Hamlet Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Rating: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Viewing: Francesco Pititto.
Sound acquisition system: Andrea Azzali.
Transducer: Vincenzo Salemi.
Bologna, Teatro San Martino, 17 March 2009.
HAMLET 1 | 2 | 3
(Hamlet Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Rating: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Viewing: Francesco Pititto.
Sound acquisition system: Andrea Azzali.
Transducers: Valentina Barbarini, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Vincenzo Salemi, Elena Sorbi, Elena Varoli, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Phoenix 09, 20 May 2009.
HAMLET 4 | 5 | 6 BLACK WIDOWS
(Hamlet Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Rating: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Viewing: Francesco Pititto.
Sound acquisition system: Andrea Azzali.
Transducers: Liliana Bertè, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Delfina Rivieri, Barbara Voghera.
Collecchio, Teatro alla Corte, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 22 October 2009.
ME
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, As a Little Phoenix 2, 14 March 2008.
POLIANTEA
From the poetic works of Pier Luigi Bacchini.
Direction, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation and costumes Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Sabina Borelli, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, ParmaPoesia Festival, 21 June 2008.
ROMEO AND JULIET
Da Romeo and Juliet di William Shakespeare.
Traduzione, drammaturgia: Francesco Pititto.
Installazione, regia, costumi: Maria Federica Maestri.
Musica: Andrea Azzali.
Interpreti: Valentina Barbarini, Liliana Bertè, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Paolo Pediri, Lino Pontremoli, Delfina Rivieri, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Colorno, Cappella di San Liborio, 12 settembre 2008.
HAND US OVER, LITTLE GIRL, YOUR EYES
From The Ballad of the Little Red Riding Hood by Federico García Lorca.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Original music: Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner.
Performers: Barbara Voghera, Valentina Barbarini.
Performers: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Paolo Pediri, Lino Pontremoli, Vincenzo Salemi.
Colorno, Royal Palace, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 14 November 2008.
CHAOS
From the First Book of The Metamorphoses by Publius Ovid Naso.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, plastic elements, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Giuseppe Barigazzi, Elena Sorbi, Laura Vallavanti.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 15 November 2008.
RADICAL CHANGE_PHOENIX DEATH
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, As a Little Phoenix, 16 February 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_ECHO
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Andrea Azzali, Antonio Corsi.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, As a Little Phoenix, 23 February 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_NARCISSUS
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer on video: Francesco Pititto.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, As a Little Phoenix, 2 March 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_ORPHEUS:EURYDICES
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, As a Little Phoenix, 9 March 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_HECUBA
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, As a Little Phoenix, 16 March 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_ALCYONE
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Chiara Bersani, Andrea Prete/Antonio Corsi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, As a Little Phoenix, 23 March 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_PYRAMUS X THISBE
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini, Antonio Corsi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, As a Little Phoenix, 30 March 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_PHILE&BAU
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation: Maria Federica Maestri. Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer on video: Giorgio Urri, Carlo Urri, Ivre Tedaldi, Rosa Refolli, Liliana Bertè.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, As a Little Phoenix, 6 April 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_CYPARISSUS
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Valentina Barbarini, Antonio Corsi, Andrea Prete.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, As a Little Phoenix, 13 April 2007.
RADICAL CHANGE_PHOENIX BIRTH
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, As a Little Phoenix, 13 April 2007.
DAPHNE_YOU MUST BE MY TREE
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso.
Creation: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Translation, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, casings, plastic elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, Saturday 1 December 2007.
DANTONS TOD
(Project Büchner) from The Death of Danton by Georg Büchner.
Translation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Liliana Bertè, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Angelo Pederzani, Paolo Pediri, Lino Pontremoli, Delfina Rivieri, Sandra Soncini, Mauro Zunino.
Colorno, Royal Palace, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 1° December 2007.
AND SOMEWHERE THE LIONS STILL ADVANCE
From Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Mise en parole: Francesco Pititto.
Installation and casing: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
San Secondo, Rocca dei Rossi, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 8 December.
THE IMPRINT OF A GOD
From Juan de La Cruz, Friedrich Hölderlin, Cristina Campo, Clemente Rebora, Pier Luigi Bacchini.
Mise en words and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performer: Valentina Barbarini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 8 March 2006.
CANCIONES DEL ALMA
By Juan de La Cruz.
Mise en words and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 8 March 2006.
THE CONSTANT PRINCE
(Calderón Project) from El Principe Constante by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translation, rewriting, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri and Francesco Pititto.
Silent materials and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Alessandro Sciarroni, Matteo Ramponi, Ettore Lombardi, Sandra Soncini, Elisa Orlandini, Valentina Barbarini.
Almería, Teatro Cervantes, International Festival XXIII Jornadas de Teatro del Siglo de Oro, 17 March 2006.
SHAKESPEARS GEIST
By Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.
Rewriting, dramaturgy and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, costumes, visual elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Barbara Voghera, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Parma, Lenz Theater 17 May 2006.
LEONCE UND LENA
(Project Büchner) by Georg Büchner.
Translation, dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Direction and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Liliana Bertè, Valentina Barbarini, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Vito Ollari, Angelo Pederzani, Paolo Pediri, Lino Pontremoli, Sandra Soncini, Daniela Valenti, Mauro Zunino.
Collecchio, Corte di Giarola, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 5 October 2006.
HIGH SURVEILLANCE
From Haute Surveillance by Jean Genet.
Translation, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Salvatore Natale.
Performer on video: Matteo Ramponi, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 6 October 2006.
RILKE_BACCHINI
From The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke and Mechanical and Pneumatic Contemplations by Pier Luigi Bacchini.
Mise en parole: Francesco Pititto.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
San Secondo Parmense, Oratorio del Serraglio, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 14 October 2006.
BECAUSE BEAUTY IS NOTHING
From Duineser Elegien by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Mise en parole: Francesco Pititto.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 15 October 2006.
THE LONELY CHILD
By Pier Luigi Bacchini.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 10 February 2005.
BRUNO LONGHI
By Francesco Pititto. Director: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 24 April 2005.
RED SHOES
(Andersen Project) from De røde sko by Hans Christian Andersen.
Text, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes, visual elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Matteo Ramponi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 2 July 2005.
LENZ
By Georg Büchner (Project Büchner).
Rewriting and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Giovanni Abbati, Valentina Barbarini, Liliana Bertè, Guglielmo Gazzelli, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Vito Ollari, Elisa Orlandini, Angelo Pederzani, Paolo Pediri, Lino Pontremoli, Matteo Ramponi, Alessandro Sciarroni, Sandra Soncini, Daniela Valenti.
Collecchio, Corte di Giarola, Festival Natura dei Teatri, 24 September 2005.
CONCIERTO A LO DIVINO
(Project Calderón) from the Sonnets of The Constant Prince by Pedro Calderón de La Barca.
Imagoturgy and direction: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, costumes, visual elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Matteo Ramponi, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Fidenza, Auditorium ex Convento delle Ursuline, Festival Natura dei Teatri, 28 September 2005.
THE LITTLE MERMAID
(Andersen Project) from Den Lille Havfrue by Hans Christian Andersen.
Text and imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes, visual elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Valentina Barbarini, Chiara Bersani, Matteo Ramponi, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Parma, Lenz Teatro, Festival Natura dei Teatri, 30 September 2005.
UR – POST FAUST VISIONS
(Faust Project). Parade Seminar.
Logographies on the Faustian trilogy, dramaturgical parade: Maria Federica Maestri.
Images: Francesco Pititto.
Music: Andrea Azzali and Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performative intervention: Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Alessandro Sciarroni, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Music: Andrea Azzali and Adriano Engelbrecht.
Critical interventions: Gloria Bianchino, Valeria Ottolenghi, Giulia Mirandola.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 4 March 2004.
FAUST MEMORIES
(Project Faust) from Faust by Wolfgang Goethe.
Rewriting: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali and Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 19 March 2004.
POLLICINO
(Grimm Project) from Daumesdick of the Brothers Grimm.
Translation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes, visual elements: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Performers: Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Performer: Alessandro Sciarroni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 14 May 2004.
WOYZECK_APOPLEXIA CEREBRI
(Project Büchner) by Georg Büchner.
Translation: Francesco Pititto.
Direction, plastics: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Giovanni Abbati, Liliana Berté, Paolo Maccini, Luigi Moia, Elisa Orlandini, Angelo Pederzani, Paolo Pediri, Lino Pontremoli, Alessandro Sciarroni, Sandra Soncini, Elena Sorbi, Daniela Valenti.
Collecchio, Corte di Giarola, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 8 October 2004.
THE MAGICAL PRODIGIOUS
(Calderón Project) from El màgico prodigious by Pedro Calderòn de la Barca.
Translation, rewriting, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri and Francesco Pititto.
Plastic mathematics, costumes, visual characteristics: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Andrea Azzali. Critical act: Giulia Mirandola.
Cast: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Giuseppe Imprezzabile, Elisa Orlandini, Matteo Ramponi, Alessandro Sciarroni, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 8 October 2004.
PORTRAITS
From Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist, Hecuba and Helen by Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris and Faust by Wolfgang Goethe.
Translation and rewriting: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music and live performance: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Cast: Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 8 March 2003.
PARABLE OF THE WORKERS OF THE LAST HOUR
Gospel action with cello from the Gospel of Matthew (chap. 20.1-16).
Spatial dramaturgy: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music by JS. Bach. Gregorio Buti cello.
Cast: Barbara Voghera, Sandra Soncini, Elisa Orlandini, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Parma, Parma Cathedral, 27 March 2003.
LIFE IS A DREAM
(Project Calderón) from La Vida es Sueño by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translation, rewriting, dramaturgy, imagoturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, plastic lyrics, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Giuseppe Imprezzabile, Elisa Orlandini, Alessandro Sciarroni, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 4 October 2003.
RED RIDING HOOD
(Grimm Project) from Rotkäppchen of the Brothers Grimm.
Translation, dramaturgy, direction: Francesco Pititto.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Voiceover: Annegret Engelbrecht.
Cast: Adriano Engelbrecht, Giuseppe Imprezzabile, Sara Monferdini, Matteo Ramponi, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Bologna, Teatro Duse, Festival Teatro delle Interazioni Sociali, 10 October 2003.
SILENT BRONZE
(Calderón Project) from El Màgico Prodigioso by Pedro Calderón de La Barca.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Santo & Johnny. Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 5 December 2003.
METAL BIRDS
(Project Calderón) from La Vida es Sueño by Pedro Calderón de La Barca.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performers: Alessandro Sciarroni, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 12 December 2003.
FÁBRICA NEGRA
Canciones del alma y coplas a lo divino by Juan de la Cruz.
Translation and direction: Francesco Pititto.
Performer: Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 19 December 2003.
FAUST 2
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Translation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Installation, costumes, plastics: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Marcello Camilli, Pier Luigi Feliciati, Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera, Alessandro Sciarroni, Laura Tanzi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 5 September 2002.
AIKU
Poetic readings by Pierluigi Bacchini.
Directed by Francesco Pititto.
Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performers: Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Laura Tanzi.
LIPU Oasis, Torrile, Natura Dèi Teatri Festival, 8 September 2002.
EXTATICUS-1 Thebaid
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Installation and actions: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performer: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 17 November 2002.
EXTATICUS-2 Magna Peccatrix
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Installation and actions: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 20 November 2002.
EXTATICUS-3 Samaritan Mulier
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Installation and actions: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 24 November 2002.
EXTATICUS-4 Egyptian Mary
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Installation and actions: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 27 November 2002.
EXTATICUS-5 Penitent
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Installation and actions: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performer: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 27 November 2002.
EXTATICUS 1.2.3.4.5 Mater Gloriosa
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Installation and actions: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performer: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 27 November 2002.
FAUST 1
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Faust.
Translation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Adriano Engelbrecht, Mattia Giacopinelli, Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Alessandro Sciarroni, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Spazio Onirica, 7 May 2001.
IMAGE CAGE – UGO MULAS 1964
Visual performance by Francesco Pititto and Melina Mulas.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 9 September 2001.
MACBETH
(Shakespeare Project) For seven new nights nine times nine, nine new nights from William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Translation, dramaturgy and direction: Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy: Adriano Engelbrecht and Giorgio Cantadori.
Installation, costumes, decorations: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performers: Sandra Soncini, Alessandro Sciarroni, Mattia Giacopinelli.
Fontanellato, Teatro Comunale, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 15 September 2001.
CINDERELLA
(Grimm Project) from Aschenputtel of the Brothers Grimm.
Translation, dramaturgy and direction: Francesco Pititto.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Cast: Adriano Engelbrecht, Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 7 December 2001.
SNOW WHITE
(Grimm Project) from Sneewittchen of the Brothers Grimm.
Translation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Performers: Giuseppe Barigazzi, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 7 December 2001.
URFAUST
(Project Faust) from Wolfgang Goethe's Urfaust.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi and Francesco Pititto.
Dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Architecture and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Sound writings: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Installation, costumes, make-up: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Parma, Farnese Theatre, 13 May 2000.
QUARTET OF ACTRESSES FOR PIER LUIGI BACCHINI
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Sala Baganza, Casino dei Boschi di Carrega, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 7 September 2000.
CATHARINA VON SIENA
By Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.
Adaptation and dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Installation, direction, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht and Andrea Azzali.
Cast: Alessandro Castiglione, Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Secret Rooms of the Garden of S. Paul, 1° December 2000.
MARGRETE
(Project Faust) from Goethe's Urfaust.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Francesco Pititto.
Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 9 January 1999.
UR-HAMLET
(Shakespeare Project) by Franco Scaldati from William Shakespeare's The First Hamlet.
Dramatic model and director: Maria Federica Maestri and Francesco Pititto.
Stage work: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Conservatus: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Costume and decoration: Maria Federica Maestri.
Light: Ghislaine de Montaudouin.
Cast: Franco Scaldati, Antonella Di Salvo, Pierluigi Feliciati, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Alessandro Sciarroni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 18 February 1999.
HAM-LET
(Shakespeare Project) from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Cantabile Italian: Francesco Pititto.
Tragic theme and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Suite: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Cartoons, costumes, decorations: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Pierluigi Feliciati, Sara Monferdini, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Barbara Voghera.
Casalborgone, Turin Hills Festival, 15 July 1999.
ROMEO AND JULIET
(Shakespeare Project) by William Shakespeare.
Dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Stage work: Giuliana Di Bennardo. Musical score: Carla Delfrate. Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri. Light: Ghislaine de Montaudouin. Performers: Ghislaine de Montaudouin, Lucia Nicolussi Perego, Elisa Orlandini, Giulia Peri, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 10 January 1998.
SHAKESPEARS GEIST
(Shakespeare Project) by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi. Director: Francesco Pititto.
Performers: Pierluigi Feliciati, Adriano Engelbrecht.
Music: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Installation and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Choir: Michele Arduini, Ernesto Greci, Sandra Soncini and student actors Theater Practices.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 20 February 1998.
DREAM OF A MID-NIGHT’ SUMMER
(Shakespeare Project) by William Shakespeare.
Dramaturgy: Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Stage work: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Musical exercises: Carla Delfrate.
Light: Ghislaine de Montaudouin.
Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Antonella Buratti, Tiziana Castelluccio, Alessandro Castiglione, Ghislaine de Montaudouin, Adriano Engelbrecht, Pierluigi Feliciati, Ernesto Greci, Elisa Orlandini, Ludger Orlok, Sandra Soncini, Fabrizio Tonelli, Lara Bonvini, Cecilia Calersi, Federica Cornia, Maria Antonietta Parrella, Alessandro Sciarroni, Luca Serrani, Armando Vannucci.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 18 April 1998.
THE MARQUISE OF ***
(Kleist Project) by Francesco Pititto based on Heinrich von Kleist.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Dramaturgy and musical performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Creation of the scenic space: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Adriano Engelbrecht, Ghislaine de Mountaudouin, Elisa Orlandini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 4 March 1997.
THE SCHROFFENSTEIN FAMILY
By Heinrich von Kleist (Kleist Project).
Translation for the scene: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Dramaturgy and musical performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Creation of the scenic space: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Creation of light: Ghislaine de Mountaudouin.
Creation of costumes: Giuliana Di Bennardo, Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Maria Cristina Bergonzi, Mariolina Carfani, Tiziana Castelluccio, Elisa Cecere, Vincenzo Cecere, Adriano Engelbrecht, Pierluigi Feliciati, Ernesto Greci, Annalisa Oppo, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Pierpaolo Zoni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 17 May 1997.
I – AY – EYE
(Shakespeare Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Ghislaine de Montaudouin.
Stage work: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Light: Ghislaine de Montaudouin.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 4 November 1997.
*** OR THE TRIAL BY FIRE
(Project Kleist) by Catherine of Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist.
Staged in three corridors: “Have faith, have faith, have faith”, “Kill, kill, kill”, “To the fire, to the fire, to the fire”.
Translation by Giaime Pintor.
Translation for the scene: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Dramaturgy and musical performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Scenic space: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Light: Ghislaine de Mountaudouin.
Creations of the wrappers: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Michele Arduini, Maria Cristina Bergonzi, Mariolina Carfani, Tiziana Castelluccio, Elisa Cecere, Vincenzo Cecere, Adriano Engelbrecht, Pierluigi Feliciati, Ernesto Greci, Antonio Mori, Annalisa Oppo, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Pierpaolo Zoni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 10 May 1996.
PIER LUIGI BACCHINI
Poetry theatre. Edited by Francesco Pititto.
With Pier Luigi Bacchini and Elisa Orlandini.
Sala Baganza, Casino dei Boschi di Carrega, Festival Natura Dèi Teatri, 5 September 1996.
ANFITRIONE
(Kleist Project) by Heinrich von Kleist.
Translation for the scene: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Dramaturgy and musical performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Creation of the scenic space: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Creation of light: Ghislaine de Mountaudouin.
Creation of costumes Giuliana Di Bennardo, Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Michele Arduini, Tiziana Castelluccio, Elisa Cecere, Vincenzo Cecere, Adriano Engelbrecht, Pierluigi Feliciati, Elisa Orlandini, Sandra Soncini, Pierpaolo Zoni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 26 November 1996.
K***
(Kleist Project) by Robert Guiscard, Penthesilea, The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy: Patrizia Mattioli.
Creation of the scenic space: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Costumes: Lorenzino Piazzi.
Cast: Simona Angioni, Nadia Bigi, Adriano Engelbrecht, Ercole Lattari, Elisa Orlandini, Bruno Pistorio, Sandra Soncini.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 5 April 1995.
FIGHT OF THE BLIND WITH THE PIG
(Kleist Project) from an anecdote by Heinrich von Kleist.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Creation of the scenic space: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Dramaturgy and musical performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Performers: Marco Fornasari (baritone), Adriano Engelbrecht, Elisa Orlandini
Students, actors and dancers of theater practices: Michele Arduini, Maria Cristina Bergonzi, Tiziana Castelluccio, Elisa Cecere, Pierluigi Feliciati, Pierpaolo Zoni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 18 November 1995.
ANTIGONE
(Project Hölderlin) by Friedrich Hölderlin.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Stage work: Giuliana di Bennardo.
Costumes: Lorenzino Piazzi.
Dramaturgy and musical performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Cast: Simona Angioni, Annamaria Benone, Adriano Engelbrecht, Pieter Jurriaanse, Ercole Lattari, Elisa Orlandini, Bruno Pistorio, Sandra Soncini, Cristina Terzoli.
Buti, Teatro Francesco di Bartolo, 18 February 1994.
PRELUDE TO ***
(Kleist Project) theatrical action from Penthesilea and The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist.
In collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna Symphony Orchestra “A.Toscanini”.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Scenic space: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Costumes: Lorenzino Piazzi.
Performers: Adriano Engelbrecht, Pieter Jurriaanse, Cristina Terzoli and student actors of Theater Practices: Simona Angioni, Manuela Bagatta, Maria Cristina Bergonzi, Nadia Bigi, Sandra Donelli, Barbara Guarona, Elisa Orlandini, Tiziana Pirondi.
Musical dramaturgy: Carla Delfrate.
Performers: Enrico Bronzi (cello), Giovanni Picciati (clarinet).
Colorno, Palazzo Ducale, 13 July 1994.
DUINO ELEGIES
From Rainer Maria Rilke's IV Duinese Elegy.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Director and images: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Cast: Barbara Bacchi, Adriano Engelbrecht, Patrizia Mattioli, Elisa Orlandini, Cristina Terzoli.
Stage intervention: Giuliana Di Bennardo.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 1 December 1994.
OEDIPUS THE TYRANT
(Project Hölderlin) by Friedrich Hölderlin.
Performance in five evenings.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Costumes: Lorenzino Piazzi.
Musical dramaturgy and performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
And the whole people are sick to me
Performers: Pieter Jurriaanse, Adriano Engelbrecht, Marco Fornasari (baritone), Simona Angioni, Umberto Acerbi, Carlo Beltrami, Annamaria Benone, Cristiana Brizzolara, Stefano Cacciani, Mimma D'avossa, Tiziana Faglioni, Ercole Lattari, Elisa Orlandini, Ilaria Padovani, Isotta Pettenati, Valeria Piccinnu, Bruno Pistorio.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 12 May 1993.
As long as some strength is worth it to the truth
Cast: Adriano Engelbrecht, Pieter Jurriaanse, Annamaria Benone, Ercole Lattari, Elisa Orlandini, Ilaria Padovani, Isotta Pettenati, Bruno Pistorio.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 13 May 1993.
But the divine proceeds unlucky
Performers: Adriano Engelbrecht, Pieter Jurriaanse, Marco Fornasari (baritone), Umberto Acerbi, Annamaria Benone, Stefano Cacciani, Mimma D'Avossa, Valeria Piccinnu.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 14 May 1993.
Break in what he has to
Cast: Adriano Engelbrecht, Pieter Jurriaanse, Simona Angioni, Carlo Beltrami, Annamaria Benone, Cristiana Brizzolara, Bruno Pistorio.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 15 May 1993.
Everything at the right time is beautiful
Performers: Adriano Engelbrecht, Pieter Jurriaanse, Marco Fornasari (baritone), Simona Angioni, Umberto Acerbi, Carlo Beltrami, Annamaria Benone, Cristiana Brizzolara, Stefano Cacciani, Mimma D'Avossa, Tiziana Faglioni, Ercole Lattari, Elisa Orlandini, Ilaria Padovani, Isotta Pettenati, Valeria Piccinnu, Bruno Pistorio.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 16 May 1993.
Single evening performance: Parma, Lenz Teatro, 23 May 1993.
HÖLDERLIN FOSCOLO
(Project Hölderlin) mise-en-son of sonnets and lyrics by Friedrich Hölderlin and Ugo Foscolo.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Direction and scenic project: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical writing: Carla Delfrate. Performers: Mimma D'Avossa, Adriano Engelbrecht, Pieter Jurriaanse, Cristina Terzoli.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 23 November 1993.
THE DEATH OF EMPEDOCLES. SECOND DRAFT/READING
(Project Hölderlin) by Friedrich Hölderlin.
Translation: Cesare Lievi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy and performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Philological consultancy: Barbara Bacchi. Cast: Elisa Cuppini, Adriano Engelbrecht, Laura Montanari, Sandra Soncini, Cristina Terzoli.
Baritone: Marco Fornasari.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 25 January 1992.
LIKE DRY GRASS
(Project Hölderlin) from the second draft of Friedrich Hölderlin's The Death of Empedocles.
Translation: Cesare Lievi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy and performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Philological consultancy: Barbara Bacchi.
Cast: Elisa Cuppini, Adriano Engelbrecht, Laura Montanari, Sandra Soncini, Cristina Terzoli.
Baritone: Marco Fornasari.
Fontanellato, Teatro Comunale, 21 February 1992.
THE DEATH OF EMPEDOCLES. THIRD DRAFT/READING
(Project Hölderlin) by Friedrich Hölderlin.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy and performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Cast: Elisa Cuppini, Adriano Engelbrecht, Laura Montanari, Cristina Terzoli. Choir: Carlo Beltrami, Annamaria Benone, Francesca Fanton.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 20 March 1992.
A GLOW THAT IMMEDIATELY GOES OUT
(Project Hölderlin) from the third draft of The Death of Empedocles by Friedrich Hölderlin.
Translation: Barbara Bacchi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy and performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Cast: Elisa Cuppini, Adriano Engelbrecht, Laura Montanari, Sandra Soncini, Cristina Terzoli.
Choir: Carlo Beltrami, Annamaria Benone, Ilaria Menozzi.
Baritone: Marco Fornasari.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 26 April 1992.
THE AGE OF OAKS
(Holderlin Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri.
Scenes: Maria Federica Maestri, Emilia Pedrelli.
Musical dramaturgy: Patrizia Mattioli. Music:
Luigi Boccherini, Paul Hindemith. Video: Uwe Idler.
Cast: Anna Amadori, Stefano Beltrami, Monica Bianchi, Adriano Engelbrecht, Piergiorgio Gallicani, Pierpaolo Zoni.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 9 February 1991.
BRUNO LONGHI
(Resistance Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Historical consultancy: Marco Minardi, Guido Pisi – Historical Institute of the Resistance of Parma.
Artistic consultancy: Maria Federica Maestri.
Music: Zoltàn Kodàly, Hanns Eisler, Patrizia Mattioli.
Performers: Elisa Cuppini, Marinella Manicardi.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 25 April 1991.
THE DEATH OF EMPEDOCLES. FIRST DRAFT/READING
(Project Hölderlin) by Friedrich Hölderlin.
Translation: Cesare Lievi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy and performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Philological consultancy: Barbara Bacchi.
Cast: Elisa Cuppini, Adriano Engelbrecht, Laura Montanari, Cristina Terzoli.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 15 November 1991.
IF FROM AFAR
(Project Hölderlin) from the first draft of Friedrich Hölderlin's The Death of Empedocles.
Translation: Cesare Lievi.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Musical dramaturgy and performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Cast: Elisa Cuppini, Adriano Engelbrecht, Laura Montanari, Cristina Terzoli.
Baritone: Marco Fornasari.
Busseto, Teatro G. Verdi, 13 December 1991.
EKATERINA
(Dostoevsky Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Freely based on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky.
Direction, sets, costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
nterpreti: Anna Amadori, Davide Ferrari, Bruno Stori.
Musical arrangement: Patrizia Mattioli.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 10 March 1990.
VIALE SAN MICHELE. BEFORE THE CELLARS ARE WHITEWASHED
(Resistance Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Directed by Francesco Pititto.
Scenes and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Silvia Buia, Adriano Engelbrecht, Davide Ferrari, Clara Foglia, Alessia Galeotti, Patizia Mattioli, Giovanna Pattonieri, Donatella Sarao, Pierpaolo Zoni.
Historical consultancy: Marco Minardi, Guido Pisi – Historical Institute of the Resistance of Parma.
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Bèla Bartòk, Igor Stravinsky, Hanns Eisler, Claude Debussy, Arthur Honneger, Roberto Lupi.
Musical arrangement: Patrizia Mattioli.
Fidenza, Teatro Comunale G. Magnani, 22 April 1990.
THE DREAMY IDIOTS
(Dostoevsky Project/Radio Opera) from the short stories and novels of Fyodor M. Dostoevsky.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Anna Amadori, Davide Ferrari, Clara Foglia, Alessia Galeotti, Luciana Sacchetti, Bruno Stori.
Musical performance: Gregorio Bardini, Silvia Di Cataldo, Irene Ciaccio Montalto, Patrizia Mattioli, Evelina Mazzoni, Caterina Smeriglio.
Music: Patrizia Mattioli.
Rai Radiouno Audiobox, Multicode space by Pinotto Fava, 27 November 1990.
IPPOLIT
(Dostoevsky Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Loosely based on The Idiot of Fyodor M. Dostoevsky.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Performers: Giovanna Pattonieri, Leone Dieffe.
Music: Martino Traversa, Guem, Sergej Prokofev.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 4 February 1989.
PASSION
(Mayakovsky Project).
Dramaturgy, direction, scenes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performers: Anna Amadori, Giovanna Pattonieri, Luciana Sacchetti.
Soprano: Donatella Saccardi.
Music: Martino Traversa, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Artistic consultancy by Evelina Barilli, Francesco Pititto.
Modena, Teatro S. Geminiano, Confidential Report, 8 April 1989.
KIRILLOV
(Dostoevsky Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Loosely based on The Demons of Fyodor M. Dostoevsky.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Scenes and costumes: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Adriano Engelbrecht.
Musical performance and voice: Patrizia Mattioli.
Music: Martino Traversa.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 17 October 1989.
THE COUNTRY OF THINGS
From Francis Ponge, Lucretius Carus, Epicurus.
Dramaturgy and direction: Francesco Pititto.
Performers: Anna Amadori, Pierpaolo Zoni.
Music and live performance: Patrizia Mattioli.
Parma, Lenz Theatre, 14 December 1989.
EVEN THOUGH MEN LIVE ON EARTH, THEY ARE BOATS
(Mayakovsky Project) by Francesco Pititto.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Performers: Alessia Galeotti, Silvano Pantesco.
Artistic consultancy: Evelina Barilli, André Benaim.
Music: Silvano Pantesco.
Musical arrangement: Martino Traversa.
irenze, Teatro Rifredi, Ricerca Sette, 10 December 1988.
CATHARINA VON SIENA
By Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.
Translation: Grazia Omicini.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Writing and film inserts: Francesco Pititto.
Performers: Giovanna Pattonieri, Luciana Sacchetti.
Music: Barbara Strozzi, Manuel Alejandro, Roberto Delgado, Joaquìn Rodrigo, Luigi Boccherini, Henry Purcell, Josef Weinberger.
Parma, Lenz Rifrazioni, 20 March 1987.
THE SOLDIERS
By Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.
Translation: Martina Rall.
Dramaturgy: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto, Bruno Stori.
Scenes: Francesco Pititto.
Cast: Giovanna Pattonieri, Luciana Sacchetti, Bruno Stori, Rosalba Guidi.
Music: Don King, Jacques Offenbach, Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, Camille Saint-Saëns, Johann Strauss Sr. Franz Peter Schubert, Peter Tschaikovsky.
Original music from Playtime and Le vacances de Mr. Hulot.
Concordia sul Secchia, Teatro del Popolo, 23 April 1987.
THE VISIONS OF ALBION'S DAUGHTERS
By William Blake.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri.
Cast: Donatila Conti, Davide Ferrari, Luciana Sacchetti.
Music: Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, African music and songs.
Parma, Teatro Cinghio, Festival Di Versi in Versi, 21 November 1987.
CLINCH
By Francesco Pititto.
Director: Francesco Pititto.
Interpreter: Bruno Stori.
Music: F. Rossi.
Modena, Teatro S. Geminian, 1° December 1987.
LENZ
From Georg Büchner.
Dramaturgy: Maria Federica Maestri.
Director: Maria Federica Maestri, Francesco Pititto, Bruno Stori.
Interpreter: Bruno Stori.
Filmed scenes: Francesco Pititto.
Musical performance and voice: Rosalba Guidi.
Music: Franz Peter Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fratelli Cantoni.
Parma, Lenz Rifrazioni, 28 March 1986.
BEFORE THE DANCE
From Italo Svevo.
Dramaturgy and direction: Maria Federica Maestri.
Performer: Rosalba Guidi.
Music: Giuseppe Verdi, Gigi Stock, Nicolò Paganini, Vocaire-Dumont.
Parma, Lenz Rifrazioni, 11 November 1986.