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SCATOLA SONORA (the music box) international festival of small scale opera and music theatre

Since December 1992 I have been professor of Drama at the Conservatorio "A. Vivaldi" of Alessandria.
I have always wanted to link my teaching activity to the production of shows, since I believe in the importance of “making” theatre in order to understand it and to develop professional skills.
I have started in 1997 to organize at the Conservatorio a festival which in its title wants to pay a homage to Alberto Savinio: “Scatola sonora”(which is the title of his published collected musical essays).
The choice of chamber opera as genre has proven to be quite successful, especially considering how rarely explored is such a medium in Italy and how relatively affordable is to produce small-scale operas in an academic environment. In ten years the festival has put on many productions, opening up to national and international collaborations; it has also been sponsored by the European Union and “Piemonte dal vivo”.

XVII EDITION – THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND
Starting from the hundredth anniversary of the first Alberto Savinio public concert, the festival is a journey among authors and styles of the last century, mixing opera, drama and visual arts
Alessandria, April -May 2014  
Auditorium Pittaluga, Complesso Conventuale di San Francesco –Ex Ospedale Militare

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XVI EDITION

A genuine “box of surprises” with a tribute to the hundredth anniversary of “Lezioni di canto “ by R. Hahn

Artwork: A. Delbono

Alessandria, May – October 2013

Auditorium Pittaluga, Biblioteca “F. Calvo”

  The program    
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XV EDITION
Again on the “Shape of the Voice”
Alessandria, December 2012 – March 2013  
Palazzo Cuttica
The program
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XIV EDICTION - THE GRAIN OF THE VOICE

Itinerary on the use of the voice from the Baroque to Romanticism, from the Avant-garde to the Jazz

Alessandria, giugno – ottobre 2012

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XIII EDICTION –THE EXILE FROM THE MUSIC STAND
Workshop of Instrumental theatre
directed by Moni Ovadia  

Alessandria, October 2010 – April 2011

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XII EDICTION - PROMENADE  
A theatrical and musical walk through the Museums of Alessandria

In collaboration with the City of Alessandriaa

Alessandria, June 2010

Producer  and director

 
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XII EDICTION - EURIDICE and CARONTE'S PUPPETS
National première of the opera by JOAN ALBERT AMARGÒS
Alessandria, Scatola sonora FESTIVAL
Text by TONI RUMBAU
With: Toni Rumbau, Park Jae Hong, Stefania Borrello (voci), Kwon Su Hyun e Marcello Giusto (pianoforte)
      June 2010  
      Playwriter, Director  
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XII EDICTION - 18/20 June 2009
The twelfth edition was dedicated to women

Real women, imaginary women, famous and forgotten, learned women and humble women, ancient and modern… a look at their relationship with Music: how did they write it, how did they perform it, how were they portrayed in it…

Three sections: Spaziotesi, Spaziocibo, Spazioclassici.
SCATOLA SONORA has been selected by the Board of University and Research (MIUR) as “buona pratica” (good demonstration) to represent Italy in the European year of creativity and innovation.
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XI EDICTION 19/21 June 2008
Palazzo Cuttica, Alessandria
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10th EDITION
April - May 2007

Lots of events to celebrate the 10th birthday of the festival

With "Piemonte dal vivo"
 
9th EDITION - January/May 2006
the fairy tale and the music , from Mozart to Nino Rota
texts by Wilde, Andersen, De Filippo, Grimm...  
with Teatro comunale di Alessandria
guests from Denmark and Spain
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8th EDITION - April/October 2005
The flavours of the music (Teatro Comunale di Alessandria)
Liveday 2005
L'assemblea dei ragazzi
International exchange with the School of Muisc of Odense (Denmark)
7th EDITION - October 2004
with Politecnico di Alessandria
New show: Serata di Teatro Strumentale
Guests: Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Canada),
Cristina Zavalloni, School of Muisc of di Odense (Denmark), Impressive Enseble,
Controluce, Riva del Garda Conservatorio
6th EDITION - May 2003
 
La serva padrona, Il telefono, Promenade,
Haiku, Costruiamo una città,
Serata di teatro strumentale
guests from Spain and Denmark
5th EDITION - May/June 2002
Restaured Palazzo Cuttica, Alessandria
Performances with more than 150 students
Guests: Alfabeti di Babele, Claudio Cinelli, Andy Pape
Exhibitions, recordings from RAI's archives...
 
4th EDITION - May/June 2000
San Francesco Church, Alessandria
4th centenary of the 'opera
Peri, Handel, Purcell, Cavalli, Piccinni, De' Cavalieri,
Monteverdi, Carissimi...
recordings from RAI's archives, exhibitions, special events...
3rd EDITION - March/May 1999
School "Straneo" Alessandria
Opera for children
Britten, Rota, Respighi, Liberovici...,  

recordings from RAI's archives, workshops, conventions...

 
2nd EDITION - March/May 1998
Palazzo Cuttica, Alessandria
the Illuministic heritage in the modern opera: the marquis De Sade
Operas by Rousseau, Kolmees, Maderna...
Production: "Passion selon Sade" by Bussotti
European tour
PUBBLICATION ABOUT THE 1st EDITION
sponsored by the European Union
Documents, Monitoring, Evidences
 
 
 
1st EDITION - February/April 1997
Palazzo Cuttica, Alessandria
The chamber opera
Operas by Maderna, Paisiello, Bucchi, Castiglioni,
Satie, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Savinio, Petrassi, Pergolesi
recordings from RAI's archives, guests from Barcelona and Vienna
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