THE CARDINAL’S DREAM – THE DAYS OF THE COUNCIL
(Il sogno del Cardinale – I giorni del Concilio)
events by Roberto Marafante
Direction: Roberto Marafante
Cast: Giancarlo Ratti, Paola Rinaldi, Daniela Scarlatti, Luigi Moretti, Maria Piera Regoli, Salvatore Zinna
Set and Costumes: Chiara Defant
Music: Aldo Passarini
Light Design: Andrea Travaglia
Two big events to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the “The Council of Trent”.
THE CARDINAL’S DREAM is a Renaissance feast based on literary and theatrical works of the Italian 16th century.
THE DAYS OF THE COUNCIL is a meditation of Italian playwrights on subjects referring to the Council. It is a series of short plays which were staged at the same time in different rooms of a mansion.
Reviews:
“… A deserved success for an important artistic and cultural event. Roberto Marafante’s direction is clever and the actors’ performance very good”.
L’Adige, 11th July 1994
“A cocktail of very different voices. And the most insidious subjects are discussed.”
Domenico Ridotti – Avvenire, 28th June 1995
“ The dramatic structure of these micro plays are quite free, as they are suitable to the genre of “stazionen-drama” very successful in Medioeval times”
Andrea Bisicchia – Il Sole 24 Ore, 2nd July 1995
“The audience attend the show strolling around in the charming and evocative space of a castle.”
Ugo Volli – Grazia, July 1995
“The wandering audience will attend an unexpected, baroque show…”
Ugo Ronfani – Il Giorno, 6th June 1995
“… the atmosphere is that of an initiation to the sacred ending in a collective song, in a triumph of celebration.”
Giorgio Pullini – Il Mattino di Padova, 29th June 1995
“A show in balance between a dream and a triumph. The dream is that of Cardinal Madruzzo at the eve of the Council of Trent and the triumph is like the feasts so beloved by Princes during the Renaissance”
Sandra Mattei – L’Alto Adige, 19th June 1994