Viennese Dream is the particularly evocative title of the second show in the Operetta Season that Fondazione Teatro Donizetti presents on Sunday, January 19 at the main city theater (3:30 PM). Conceived by director Corrado Abbati, Viennese Dream will feature on stage Antonella De Gasperi, Fabrizio Macciantelli, Mariska Bordoni, Davide Zaccherini, Ilaria Monteverdi, Federico Bonghi, Claudio Ferretti, the Ballet of Parma with choreography by Francesco Frola and an orchestra conducted by Alberto Orlandi. Production by InScena srl. Duration 2 hours including interval. “A dream is, by definition, a sequence of images where it’s often sweet to linger. Viennese Dream aims to be just that: a show that moves between historical reconstruction and pure entertainment, becoming not only a “divertissement”, but also a moment to learn about the world of operetta,” specifies Corrado Abbati himself, “A sequence of lavish scenes with a pressing rhythm serves as the common thread for the revival of famous titles and the discovery of less performed ones. Even Puccini wrote for Vienna, and perhaps not everyone knows that!”
Viennese Dream is “an always smiling show, with signs of continuous cheerfulness at the corners of the mouth and in the eyes: ‘allegretto sostenuto’ as one would say in music! Thus, a ‘revue’ is born where the rhythm of narration and the harmony of melodic cues unite and merge into a sequence of cheerful and carefree episodes, arias and concertatos supported by the music of Strauss, Zeller, Von Suppè, Lehàr, Abraham, Puccini, performed live by an orchestral group and interpreted by the Company’s soloists and choreographed for the Ballet of Parma. A show, therefore, of lightness and seduction where, dancing a whirling waltz, one might fall in love, because this is music that melts hearts and warms the soul,” concludes the director.
