The masterpiece of Gioacchino Rossini "Moses in Egypt" returns to the San Carlo Theater in Naples, two hundred years after its official debut. The masterpiece will be inspired by the painting of Marc Chagall.
Al San Carlo Theater of Naples begin, in the month of March 2018, le official celebrations for the 150 years since death of the famous composer Gioacchino Rossini.
The date to be marked on the calendar is that of Thursday March 15 2018, when he returns on stage Moses in Egypt, Rossini's masterpiece that debuted on this stage two hundred years ago, the 5 March 1818. The masterpiece of Gioacchino Rossini Moses in Egypt will be presented in the director's reading David Pountney and of the Director of the Choir and the Orchestra Stefano Montanari.
Moses in Egypt, a work written by Rossini for the Teatro San Carlo
Moses in Egypt it is a tragic-sacred action in three acts on a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, taken from the Old Testament and from the drama by Francesco Ringhieri, Osiris.
Gioacchino Rossini he composed this work in 1818, in the years in which he held the role of musical director of the San Carlo Theater in Naples, from the 1815 to the 1822. During this period he wrote nine new series works for Massimo Partenopeo, in which he was able to experiment and renew his language at every opportunity.
To realize Moses in Egypt he used musical material of great effect to underline the drama of the story and the miracles around which the work revolves, but in particular the special relationship that Moses has with his Creator and his people. In this way the public participates in the journey of Moses and the events that scourged Egypt before the crossing of the Red Sea, sharing its desperate end.
Moses in Egypt, David Pountney's reading inspired by Chagall
This extraordinary version of Rossini's masterpiece directed by David Poutney it is inspired by the pictorial style of Marc Chagall. In fact, great importance is given to the chromatic aspect and the bright and symbolic colors that dominate the scene, the costumes, the bodies and the space. The Blue it is the color that will identify the Jews, while the Red it will characterize the Egyptians. Two opposing colors whose contrast, in the visual and visual apparatus and in agreement with the musical one, will transmit an intense drama to the public.
On stage in the role of Moses there will be Giorgio Giuseppini, in that of the Pharaoh Alex Esposito; Amaltea will be interpreted by Christine Rice, Elcìa da Carmela Remigio, while in the role of Osiris there will be Enea Scala. The orchestra and the choir, Stefano Montanari, will lead the opera at his debut at the Teatro San Carlo.
