{"id":125719,"date":"2024-10-25T15:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2024\/10\/londra-puccini-opera-meets-new-media\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:10:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:10:45","slug":"londra-puccini-opera-meets-new-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2024\/10\/londra-puccini-opera-meets-new-media\/","title":{"rendered":"London: \u201cPuccini \u2013 Opera Meets New Media\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crowded hall gathered at the <strong>Italian Cultural Institute of London<\/strong>, directed by Francesco <strong>Bongarr\u00e0<\/strong>, for the presentation of the <strong>exhibition \u201cPuccini \u2013 Opera Meets New Media,\u201d<\/strong> which opened at the <strong>Museo Teatrale alla Scala in Milan<\/strong> on 24 October and will run until 12 January.<\/p>\n<p>The multimedia exhibition, organised by the <strong>Ricordi Historical Archive<\/strong> and the <strong>Museo Teatrale alla Scala<\/strong>, explores the <strong>life of the great composer<\/strong> on the centenary of his death and showcases the interaction between opera and the media of the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa Scala\u2019s Music Director, Riccardo Chailly, is a great connoisseur and enthusiast of Puccini,\u201d explained Paolo <strong>Besana<\/strong>, Communications Director of the Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. \u201cHe began working on this project many years ago, for example by studying the various existing versions of several Puccini operas, from <em>La Fanciulla del West<\/em> to <em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exhibition\u2019s concept is also to engage with modern media, beyond those of Puccini\u2019s era,\u201d added Pierluigi <strong>Ledda<\/strong>, Director of the Ricordi Historical Archive. \u201cWe envisioned a historical archive that could also be reimagined.\u201d One example is the original set of <em>Turandot<\/em>, which has been digitally recreated and transformed: the set takes on a modern look, expanding upon its original form. \u201cIn this way,\u201d Ledda continued, \u201cthe archive\u2019s documents, now digitised, are available online as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musicologist, composer, and Scientific Director of the Ricordi Historical Archive, Gabriele <strong>Dotto<\/strong>, curator of the exhibition, then spoke, noting the significant changes in society and music production at the turn of the century, driven largely by technological advances. \u201cRecords, for example,\u201d he observed, \u201cwere a major innovation\u2014the idea of listening to the same performance, identically repeated, endlessly. And cinema,\u201d he added, \u201ceven silent cinema, which wasn\u2019t truly silent since it always had live musical accompaniment. From its beginnings, cinema was captivated by opera\u2014think of <em>Madama Butterfly<\/em> or <em>Tosca<\/em>, with Francesca Bertini, the greatest actress of the time. Or new forms of piracy, like Puccini\u2019s melodies being repeated in a pop song or a fox-trot record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image Credits: Ph. Stefano Broli<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crowded hall gathered at the Italian Cultural Institute of London, directed by Francesco Bongarr\u00e0, for the presentation of the exhibition \u201cPuccini \u2013 Opera Meets New Media,\u201d which opened at the Museo Teatrale alla Scala in Milan on 24 October and will run until 12 January. 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