Natale in casa Cupiello
Concluded
©Masiar Pasquali
“The characters love each other, judge one another, they are ambiguous, jealous, and incapable of speaking to each other openly.” This is how Fausto Russo Alesi describes the protagonists of "Natale in Casa Cupiello" ("Christmas at the Cupiello’s"). And to emphasise their inability to communicate and their abundance of monologues, the actor has decided to go on stage alone, playing all of the characters in an unusual version of De Filippo’s masterpiece.
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Teatro Grassi
I venture towards the discovery of Eduardo De Filippo’s theatre with joy, fear, excited curiosity and a good dose of folly. I have cultivated the desire to approach this great actor-author-director, his dramaturgical heritage and the play Natale in casa Cupiello (Christmas at the Cupiello's) for a long time. This solitary version seemed a possible way to do so: a key to access his art and his language. Defining Natale in Casa Cupiello is difficult, because it is a simple yet complex text. Simple because it is popular, familiar and complex because it is human, it is realistic, but also metaphoric. When I read Natale in Casa Cupiello, I have the feeling of finding myself in front of a wonderful musical score, a vibrant medium of communication, deep and poetic.
Fausto Russo Alesi
Duration: Two hours
I venture towards the discovery of Eduardo De Filippo’s theatre with joy, fear, excited curiosity and a good dose of folly. I have cultivated the desire to approach this great actor-author-director, his dramaturgical heritage and the play Natale in casa Cupiello (Christmas at the Cupiello's) for a long time. This solitary version seemed a possible way to do so: a key to access his art and his language. Defining Natale in Casa Cupiello is difficult, because it is a simple yet complex text. Simple because it is popular, familiar and complex because it is human, it is realistic, but also metaphoric. When I read Natale in Casa Cupiello, I have the feeling of finding myself in front of a wonderful musical score, a vibrant medium of communication, deep and poetic.
Fausto Russo Alesi
Duration: Two hours
Credits
Piccolo Teatro Grassi
from 4 to 20 December 2015
Natale in casa Cupiello
by Eduardo De Filippoadaptor, director and actor Fausto Russo Alesi
set designer Marco Rossi
lighting designer Claudio De Pace
music Giovanni Vitaletti
production Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa
Save indications to the contrary, the times of the show at the Piccolo are as follows: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 7.30 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday 8.30 p.m.; Sunday 4.00 p.m.
Tuesday 8 december no performance
Monday 14 December h. 8.30 pm
Wednesday 16 December h. 3 pm (only for Touring Club and School)
A PICCOLO TEATRO PRODUCTION – SEASON SERIES
