VA PENSIERO
by Marco Martinelli, Teatro delle Albe
23/11/2017 - 26/11/2017
07/12/2017 - 14/12/2017
Teatro Alighieri - Ravenna
09/01/2018 - 14/01/2018
Teatro Elfo Puccini - Milano
18/01/2018 - 21/01/2018
Teatro Creberg - Bergamo
22/02/2018 - 25/02/2018
Teatro Arena del Sole - Bologna
01/03/2018 - 04/03/2018
Teatro Bonci - Cesena
23/03/2018 - 25/03/2018
Teatro Comunale - Ferrara
conceived and directed by Marco Martinelli, Ermanna Montanari
on stage Ermanna Montanari, Alessandro Argnani, Salvatore Caruso, Tonia Garante, Roberto Magnani, Mirella Mastronardi, Ernesto Orrico, Gianni Parmiani, Laura Redaelli, Alessandro Renda foray
with the partecipation of the Lyric Choir Alessandro Bonci di Cesena
choir director Stefano Nanni
set Edoardo Sanchi
costumes Giada Masi
light design Fabio Sajiz
music Marco Olivieri
sound Marco Olivieri, Fagio (on stage)
production EMILIA ROMAGNA TEATRO FONDAZIONE and TEATRO DELLE ALBE/RAVENNA TEATRO
image Cosetta Gardini-Casa Walden
Va pensiero portrays the current situation in Italy, describing today’s instability and corruption. It suggests a parallelism with the hopes of the Italian Risorgimento, which are contained in the music of Giuseppe Verdi (Va pensiero is known in English as the “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves”, contained in “Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi). Va Pensiero is set in Emilia-Romagna. It investigates the complicated and delicate relations between mafia, politics and the leading business class. These connections are increasingly penetrating into the society of this region, where socialism and the first co-operative associations were born. Marco Martinelli helps people to discover the meaning of words like “democracy” and “justice” with a desperate and vibrant cry for hope.