Musical comedy in one act
by Fabrizio Lamberti
Libretto by Mauro Graiani
Commissione della Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice
Bacci
Raffaele Ficiur
Carbunin/Dieguito/Juan/Edmondo de Amicis
Danilo Ramon Giannini
Schiappacasse/Pedro Vasena/Padre Miguel/Banchiere/Poliziotto
Andrea D’andreagiovanni
Natalina/Maria
Elisa Dal Corso
Sagrestano
Fabrizio Lamberti
Bacci anziano
Corrado Tedeschi
(exclusive video participation)
Conductor, orchestrator and pianist
Fabrizio Lamberti
Director, video/costume/scenic and lighting designer
Mauro Graiani
ZÊNA Òrchèstra
Staging director
Luciano Novelli
Stage musical director
Paloma Brito
Répétiteurs
Sirio Restani, Antonella Poli
Stage musical assistants
Andrea Gastaldo, Anna Maria Pascarella
other Choir Master
Patrizia Priarone
Head of musical archives
Simone Brizio
Scenic director
Alessandro Pastorino
Vice scenic director
Sumireko Inui
Consolle supervisor
Andrea Musenich
Stage technicians foreman
Gianni Cois
Tooling foreman
Tiziano Baradel
Audio/video foreman
Walter Ivaldi
Head of tailoring, shoemaking, make-up and wigs
Elena Pirino
Assistant director
Giorgia Graiani
Painting boards of background video
Matteo Merli
Props, scene and costume design
by Opera Carlo Felice
Zêna
Il viaggio dell’emigrante
A reduced one-act version of the musical comedy Zêna ((If I Think Home),inspired by the popular song Ma se ghe penso. The plot unravels the story of a boy from Genoa at the end of the 19th century. He seeks fortune in Argentina with only high hopes and a basil plant, thanks to which he will be able to remain abroad. Nevertheless, the protagonist becomes so homesick that he eventually returns to Genova.
The cast of this one-act play includes five singing actors – four of whom alternate in double, triple roles – a quartet of musicians and a video element to portray the older version of the protagonist, the voice and narrator of the whole story.
The narrative focuses on the difficulties of those who escape a life of hardship to renew the fate of their existence but, eventually, having to deal with their own roots. This version of Zêna aims at spreading a wider awareness of the immigration issues among young students.
Thanks to the enjoyable language, as well as both musical and videographic support, the project well serves to introduce young people to theatrical storytelling and to promote theatrical culture in schools.
