What a big mountain of boxes! So many locks, laces and padlocks… what could possibly be hidden back there? One foot… two hands… three musical notes… one eye… two lips… three riddles to be solved by dawn. Are you in there, Turandot? Calaf is looking for you! Are you sure you won’t come out? Look at your wings. Your cocoon is just a moment, a before, which will become a butterfly afterwards. Don’t be afraid!

In 1600s Spain, a man fascinated by epic tales of chivalry and scornful of danger, imagines himself to be the knight Don Quixote committed, along with his squire Sancho Panza, to protect the people from injustice… starting from this incipit, author Miguel de Cervantes (played by Lollo Franco) will tell a new adventure of his characters, to the music of the 1746 intermezzo by Giovanni Battista Martini.

Arturo, capocomico Gigi Borruso
Adelina, prim’attrice Stefania Blandeburgo
Gualpierina Carla Carta

SINGERS
Ariè Daniele Muratori Caputo / Nicola Ziccardi
Cabaletta Giulia Alletto / Ambra Abbisogni
Bis Mariano Orozco / Giuseppe Esposito

Teatro Massimo Orchestra

A Teatro Massimo Production

Let your clouds take flight! Here we are again with the second fantastic adventure of the Compagnia de’ Pazzarielli!
On stage you will find Arturo, leader of a band of die-hard visionaries, Adelina, his faithful artistic companion, the young Gualpierina, an acrobat and jack-of-all-trades, singers Ariè, Cabaletta and Bis and, of course, our amazing orchestra.
We will sail through the waves of an unpredictable sea, where the waves of music grow dizzyingly, one on top of the other, to land in some of the many Gioachino Rossini’s fairy tales: in Algiers, recalling the love affairs of a beautiful Italian woman kidnapped by pirates, and in Seville, to discover the intrigues of a famous barber. Finally, the company will arrive in a mysterious country, where everyone can improvise their own story and weave the fabric of their fantasies.