Among the fairy tales for children and women of De Andrè: double feature at Volterra on July 14, 2015

7/15/201509/6/2015Natalia Dantas

Day of double feature at the Festival Internazionale del Teatro Romano di Volterra on July 14, 2015. 11401276_10204680131309448_5331846406709354315_n

You started with a happening on the terrace overlooking the theater for children of all ages: "AF/FABULAE – Snack with the myth ". An afternoon of popular fairy tales drama by members of the company Avventuracolorata, curated by Chiara Bruschi, between puppets, witches, Kings and mermaids. A delightful trip that involved a large group of children, mothers and grandmothers in the shade of an ancient tree in generous fronds magica del teatro romano.

Nella serata, in teatro, uno spettacolo musicale, "The bad road", cHe led from the interventions of the actress Cristina tailors, he rode and evoked the most significant female figures of the musical production of Fabrizio De Andrè with guitar and voice of Aldo Ascolese and varied musical instruments and the voice of Angela Zapolla. The audience, also because of a balmy evening and the pleasant climate, showed to like much performance, which would have necessitated a directed more to better blend the two parts of that show.

“A journey through the songs and life of De Andrè, through analysis of female figures who populated his songs, Aldo Ascolese (vocals and guitar) Angela Zapolla (violin, viola, guitar, flute), and Cristina Sarti (actress).
A story which carried the viewer in the shadows of the old city, between the street lights of the Harbour and the folds of a salty soul, as the sea wind that lash a Genoa wetsuit and seductive. A tale that unfolds between the strings of a violin (already by Mario Biondi, Baustelle, Panariello, Bocelli ...) and the amazing voice of Aldo Ascolese (guitarist of De Gregori, Guccini, Bertoli and the same De Andrè).

All narrated by actress Cristina Sarti (for the theater has been working for years to actor and Director Antonio Salines and the 2011 joined the Compagnia del teatro Carcano in Giulio Bosetti where interpreter de La bottega del caffè and the six characters in search of an author. He directed and adaptations of some piecè drawn from contemporary Italian literature).

In the show have been replicated the most famous songs of singer-songwriter-poet from Marinella in Rimini, from Canzone dell'Amore perduto in Geordie, with dry, direct and loving language that has characterized his music, always different and always careful to point out the deeper meanings of unforgettable songs, in which the commitment of the texts does not affect the beauty of Opera. " (Source: International Festival Volterra Teatro Romano)