After the legendary shows La Capanna di Betlemme and I nani burloni, and following the more recent Lo Schiaccianoci, the little wooden actors are taking on one of the most famous of Charles Dickens’s stories; the tale of a man and his journey of awareness of reality and change in nature.
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Teatro Studio Melato
Written by Dickens in 1844, A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly, grumpy and mad-tempered London banker uncapable of feelings or compassion for others, focused exclusively on hoarding mountains of money that he will never spend. On the night of Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of the only friend he ever had. He told Scrooge that he would be visited by three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future; it is an opportunity for him to take a good look at himself and finally change his life before it is too late. One of the most loved stories for audiences of all ages, A Christmas Carol has, for the almost two decades since it was published, has been the subject of countless theatrical, cinema and cartoon adaptations and versions. Now it is the turn of the Carlo Colla & Figli Puppetry Company. The world of marionettes has always told stories that are a form of metaphor, providing guidance and food for thought for the real lives of each and every member of the audience, whatever their age or the era they live in.
In this new staging, each “character” is a “mask”, each environment, real or dreamlike, is an illusion, and every situation is immersed in the enchantment and marvel of an inanimate object that comes to life.
A play in Italian with Italian surtitles
Duration: 75’ without interval
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Booklet
ReadWritten by Dickens in 1844, A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly, grumpy and mad-tempered London banker uncapable of feelings or compassion for others, focused exclusively on hoarding mountains of money that he will never spend. On the night of Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of the only friend he ever had. He told Scrooge that he would be visited by three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future; it is an opportunity for him to take a good look at himself and finally change his life before it is too late. One of the most loved stories for audiences of all ages, A Christmas Carol has, for the almost two decades since it was published, has been the subject of countless theatrical, cinema and cartoon adaptations and versions. Now it is the turn of the Carlo Colla & Figli Puppetry Company. The world of marionettes has always told stories that are a form of metaphor, providing guidance and food for thought for the real lives of each and every member of the audience, whatever their age or the era they live in.
In this new staging, each “character” is a “mask”, each environment, real or dreamlike, is an illusion, and every situation is immersed in the enchantment and marvel of an inanimate object that comes to life.
A play in Italian with Italian surtitles
Duration: 75’ without interval
Learn more
Booklet
ReadCredits
Il canto di Natale
freely based on the story by Charles Dickens
abridged and adapted for puppets from notes by Eugenio Monti Colla
original music Danilo Lorenzini
new sculptures, sets and lighting Franco Citterio
costumes Maria Grazia Citterio and Cecilia Di Marco
puppeteers Franco Citterio, Maria Grazia Citterio, Piero Corbella, Camillo Cosulich, Debora Coviello, Carlo Decio Cecilia Di Marco, Michela Mantegazza, Tiziano Marcolegio, Pietro Monti, Giovanni Schiavolin, Paolo Sette
voices (for the edition recorded in 2023)
Loredana Alfieri, Marco Balbi, Maria Grazia Citterio, Lorella De Luca, Carlo Decio, Lisa Mazzotti, Gianni Quillico, Riccardo Peroni, Franco Sangermano, Giovanni Schiavolin
musicians (for the edition recorded in 2023)
Mattia Bossio, piano; Lorenza Merlini, viola; Antonio Papetti, cello; Rita Pepicelli, violin; Fausto Polloni, basoon; Carlotta Raponi, flute and piccolo; Paolo Sartori, clarinet in Bb technical director Tiziano Marcolegio
musical coordination Daniele Sozzani Desperati
technical musical direction Luca Volontè
recording technician at Il borgo della Musica, Paolo Sportelli
directed by Franco Citterio and Giovanni Schiavolin
new 2023 production Associazione Grupporiani, Comune di Milano – Teatro Convenzionato
Tickets
Category of performance Hosted Shows
Stalls full price € 25 | Discounted (under 26 and over 65) € 19 | Kids under 12 € 10
Balcony full price € 22 | Discounted (under 26 and over 65) € 17 | Kids under 12 € 10
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