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Background of the Teatro del Silenzio
by syl on Wed 06 Jun, 2007 1:46 pm
I would like to know more about the Teatro del Silenzio. Can anyone explain the significance of the statue and the setting itself? Is there a reason why there is only one concert a year rather than say 3 days ? I believe Andrea's brother and another architect were involved but I can not remember much else. Any background information will be appreciated.
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by DueBaci on Wed 06 Jun, 2007 8:51 pm
statue: I believe was originally used for the opera Manon Lescaut at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago.. then used in Lajatico for the concert. The scuptor is Igor Mitoraj. I believe there is another made of bronze. The statue used for the opera and the concert is made of resin.
The concert is a celebration of the all the arts. Sculpture included.
the setting is self explanatory. It's where Andrea was born and raised.
as to why one day as opposed to three ? I understand they just wanted a one night concert, with the theatre silent the rest of the year.
the architect's name is Bartalini.
The concert is a celebration of the all the arts. Sculpture included.
the setting is self explanatory. It's where Andrea was born and raised.
as to why one day as opposed to three ? I understand they just wanted a one night concert, with the theatre silent the rest of the year.
the architect's name is Bartalini.
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by Annalisa on Wed 06 Jun, 2007 10:41 pm
Syl - I translated some of the information from the Teatro del Silenzio site last year. Here's one about the project:
The Project:
"The Theater of Silence" was born in the creative minds of a group of people who are united by the goal of creating a place where they can convey ideas, emotions, art, music, and dance with the remarkable feature of a stage on which these "forces" can be revealed. The Theater of Silence is a natural amphitheater formed in the magnificent setting of the hills of Lajatico, a small jewel of the landscape in the remote area near Volterra.
Supporters of this project are the members of the Scientific Committee which is made up of both luminaries of science such as Professor Franco Mosca, an adavocate of international art, along with the photographer Mario Mulas; in other essential roles are the Architect Alberto Bartalini, a native of Lajatico and active in rediscovering the socio-cultural traditions and sites of our territory, the Mayor of Lajatico, Fabio Tedeschi (President of the Committee) and the Attorney Enrico Fabri (Vice-President of the Committee) on behalf of the association L'Arato, who were always sensitive to cultural and social expressions that can display the extraordinary features of this country and nearby places, but above all the greatest supporter, as well as the Honorary President of this project, the Tenor Andrea Bocelli. Born in this land, Andrea wanted to create a place where he could depict all of his world created by music, by intensely experienced feelings and particularly, in a living space together with his friends who, captivated by the evocative feelings, are certainly willing to participate in an event of this kind.
A Project of Silence is a place which for 364 days of the year remains intact in its perfect harmony and which for only one day is animated by life, by a natural humanity created by performers of bel canto, of dance and by all the performing arts, both national and international, which will be presented together by the man who has carried Italian melody to every part of the world. With this gesture he wants to bring together those things that from the beginning have accompanied his singing and his life . . . Lajatico and music on a unique, extraordinary stage.
The Project:
"The Theater of Silence" was born in the creative minds of a group of people who are united by the goal of creating a place where they can convey ideas, emotions, art, music, and dance with the remarkable feature of a stage on which these "forces" can be revealed. The Theater of Silence is a natural amphitheater formed in the magnificent setting of the hills of Lajatico, a small jewel of the landscape in the remote area near Volterra.
Supporters of this project are the members of the Scientific Committee which is made up of both luminaries of science such as Professor Franco Mosca, an adavocate of international art, along with the photographer Mario Mulas; in other essential roles are the Architect Alberto Bartalini, a native of Lajatico and active in rediscovering the socio-cultural traditions and sites of our territory, the Mayor of Lajatico, Fabio Tedeschi (President of the Committee) and the Attorney Enrico Fabri (Vice-President of the Committee) on behalf of the association L'Arato, who were always sensitive to cultural and social expressions that can display the extraordinary features of this country and nearby places, but above all the greatest supporter, as well as the Honorary President of this project, the Tenor Andrea Bocelli. Born in this land, Andrea wanted to create a place where he could depict all of his world created by music, by intensely experienced feelings and particularly, in a living space together with his friends who, captivated by the evocative feelings, are certainly willing to participate in an event of this kind.
A Project of Silence is a place which for 364 days of the year remains intact in its perfect harmony and which for only one day is animated by life, by a natural humanity created by performers of bel canto, of dance and by all the performing arts, both national and international, which will be presented together by the man who has carried Italian melody to every part of the world. With this gesture he wants to bring together those things that from the beginning have accompanied his singing and his life . . . Lajatico and music on a unique, extraordinary stage.
Annalisa
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by Annalisa on Wed 06 Jun, 2007 10:58 pm
Here's another bit from the Teatro del Silenzion site -
The Present
One would expect that the international success and the growing pressure to which he is subjected have changed the marvelously cordial man who lives exclusively for his passion, for music popularized by Zucchero in 1992. Yet worldwide success has not succeeded in distracting Andrea Bocelli from his love for the simple life in the Tuscan countryside, where recently he restored a stone house for himself and his family close to the farmhouse in which he grew up. It is here that Andrea returns when he wants to feel at home, maybe to devote himself to the other great passion of his life: horses. Saddling one of the Arabians from his stable to gallop in the Tuscan countryside, Andrea becomes a free spirit, graceful and wild as the voice that has crossed the world like a warm Mediterranean wind. A resident of Lajatico, a professional success without equal, Andrea is a supporter of culture and of bel canto often overshadowed by our modernization. He rediscovers and wants to convey a message that ties him and will always tie him to his land, to give his country an event, a day on which he will perform that which makes him famous throughout the world of singing; for the citizens of Lajatico will also be helping as well at his performance, at the performance of a man who the world of successes has not changed from being a very wonderful person.
He is the honorary President of the Arpa Foundation, he is the Honorary President of the Association of the Theater of Silence which has its primary objective of organizing a concert by Andrea Bocelli for 6000 people at Lajatico, the reflection will certainly serve to thank our fellow citizens by this beautiful gesture.
The announcement and promotion of the event took place on July 28, 2005, with a big press conference and with a grand banquet with very important guests.
The Present
One would expect that the international success and the growing pressure to which he is subjected have changed the marvelously cordial man who lives exclusively for his passion, for music popularized by Zucchero in 1992. Yet worldwide success has not succeeded in distracting Andrea Bocelli from his love for the simple life in the Tuscan countryside, where recently he restored a stone house for himself and his family close to the farmhouse in which he grew up. It is here that Andrea returns when he wants to feel at home, maybe to devote himself to the other great passion of his life: horses. Saddling one of the Arabians from his stable to gallop in the Tuscan countryside, Andrea becomes a free spirit, graceful and wild as the voice that has crossed the world like a warm Mediterranean wind. A resident of Lajatico, a professional success without equal, Andrea is a supporter of culture and of bel canto often overshadowed by our modernization. He rediscovers and wants to convey a message that ties him and will always tie him to his land, to give his country an event, a day on which he will perform that which makes him famous throughout the world of singing; for the citizens of Lajatico will also be helping as well at his performance, at the performance of a man who the world of successes has not changed from being a very wonderful person.
He is the honorary President of the Arpa Foundation, he is the Honorary President of the Association of the Theater of Silence which has its primary objective of organizing a concert by Andrea Bocelli for 6000 people at Lajatico, the reflection will certainly serve to thank our fellow citizens by this beautiful gesture.
The announcement and promotion of the event took place on July 28, 2005, with a big press conference and with a grand banquet with very important guests.
Annalisa
"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of." Pascal
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by Annalisa on Wed 06 Jun, 2007 11:11 pm
I believe this is the last piece I translated last year - article that was written after the 2006 concert:
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Italy and Bocelli: Success at the Theater of Silence
Yesterday evening the orchestra directed by Marcello Rota accompanied the great tenor in the land where he was born
PISA - Old houses cling to a hill that rises 250 meters above sea level. From here the spacious 360 degree view encompasses the treasures of the most beautiful corners of Tuscany. Volterra with its Etruscan walls, the gentle hills of Peccioli, Chianni and Terricciola, the Valdera which connects finally almost confusing itself with the Valdicecina that already smells of sea air. This is Lajatico, the birthplace of Andrea Bocelli, whose voice from the Theater of Silence reached five continents in a worldwide telecast yesterday evening.
That "j," so unusual in the place names of Italy, is evidence of ancient Longobard origins, explains the mayor of this village of 1350 people, Fabio Tedischi, who is also the president of the Theater of Silence. Tedeschi, along with Alberto Bocelli, younger brother of Andrea, and Alberto Bartalini, an architect in Lajatico, and with the very same Andrea, succeeded in transforming this village near the center of the world for one night.
The Theater of Silence is hardly more than a valley, in a sort of natural amphitheater which opens onto the valley, where long ago rose Volterra which is clearly visible. A simple preparation, among the cypress and jasmine, in the middle of wheat fields now yellow gold from the recent harvest which contrasts with the green of the olives and rows of vines. Not one invasive intervention nor anything disrespectful of the environment. Banning cement, using only wood for the stage and the seats of the audience and VIP's on the terraced slopes.
For the background a small lake, which the farmers of this place have always used as a watering hole and which yesterday evening held a blue fiberglass head which the sculptor Igor Mitoraj made available to his friend Andrea Bocelli. Yesterday evening, from this Silence, Bocelli gave voice - his very famous voice - to the most beautiful notes of Puccini, Mascagni, Rossini, Verdi, along with the soprano Paola Sanguinetti and baritone Gianfranco Montresor, accompanied by the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra of Piacenza (with whom the tenor has already collaborated, both on tour and in the recording studio) and by the Choral Society of Pisa, under the baton of Maestro Rota.
Today like magic all this will disappear; the natural amphitheater will return to being what it always was, a hillside in one of the most beautiful corners of Tuscany. From today this place will recover its ancient silence, which will be broken in a year, when the voice of Bocelli will resound again in this valley with a new performance.
The tie between Lajatico and the Bocelli's is ancient, an old family of land owners who through generations have changed the face of this land, covering it with vineyards, olives and cultivated fields, enhancing the estate of their ancestors. Their property at Poggioncino and at La Sterza, where Andrea today rides his horses, now produces wines such as the red Terra di Sandro, which carries the Tuscan flavor across the world.
Andrea grew up here and the people of this place, "when they meet him, who today is known in all the world - says the barber of this region, Franco Tedeschi, who is also the mayor's father - he avoids talking about his successes,..., we prefer to talk with him about places and people of the past, about old acquaintances, about all those things that compose the memories of a child and to which he is still so profoundly linked."
And the concert of yesterday evening, in memory of his father Sandro, "The great person who is absent" to whom Bocelli gave the dedication in his own words at the beginning of the evening, is an indelible testimony to this bond.
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Italy and Bocelli: Success at the Theater of Silence
Yesterday evening the orchestra directed by Marcello Rota accompanied the great tenor in the land where he was born
PISA - Old houses cling to a hill that rises 250 meters above sea level. From here the spacious 360 degree view encompasses the treasures of the most beautiful corners of Tuscany. Volterra with its Etruscan walls, the gentle hills of Peccioli, Chianni and Terricciola, the Valdera which connects finally almost confusing itself with the Valdicecina that already smells of sea air. This is Lajatico, the birthplace of Andrea Bocelli, whose voice from the Theater of Silence reached five continents in a worldwide telecast yesterday evening.
That "j," so unusual in the place names of Italy, is evidence of ancient Longobard origins, explains the mayor of this village of 1350 people, Fabio Tedischi, who is also the president of the Theater of Silence. Tedeschi, along with Alberto Bocelli, younger brother of Andrea, and Alberto Bartalini, an architect in Lajatico, and with the very same Andrea, succeeded in transforming this village near the center of the world for one night.
The Theater of Silence is hardly more than a valley, in a sort of natural amphitheater which opens onto the valley, where long ago rose Volterra which is clearly visible. A simple preparation, among the cypress and jasmine, in the middle of wheat fields now yellow gold from the recent harvest which contrasts with the green of the olives and rows of vines. Not one invasive intervention nor anything disrespectful of the environment. Banning cement, using only wood for the stage and the seats of the audience and VIP's on the terraced slopes.
For the background a small lake, which the farmers of this place have always used as a watering hole and which yesterday evening held a blue fiberglass head which the sculptor Igor Mitoraj made available to his friend Andrea Bocelli. Yesterday evening, from this Silence, Bocelli gave voice - his very famous voice - to the most beautiful notes of Puccini, Mascagni, Rossini, Verdi, along with the soprano Paola Sanguinetti and baritone Gianfranco Montresor, accompanied by the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra of Piacenza (with whom the tenor has already collaborated, both on tour and in the recording studio) and by the Choral Society of Pisa, under the baton of Maestro Rota.
Today like magic all this will disappear; the natural amphitheater will return to being what it always was, a hillside in one of the most beautiful corners of Tuscany. From today this place will recover its ancient silence, which will be broken in a year, when the voice of Bocelli will resound again in this valley with a new performance.
The tie between Lajatico and the Bocelli's is ancient, an old family of land owners who through generations have changed the face of this land, covering it with vineyards, olives and cultivated fields, enhancing the estate of their ancestors. Their property at Poggioncino and at La Sterza, where Andrea today rides his horses, now produces wines such as the red Terra di Sandro, which carries the Tuscan flavor across the world.
Andrea grew up here and the people of this place, "when they meet him, who today is known in all the world - says the barber of this region, Franco Tedeschi, who is also the mayor's father - he avoids talking about his successes,..., we prefer to talk with him about places and people of the past, about old acquaintances, about all those things that compose the memories of a child and to which he is still so profoundly linked."
And the concert of yesterday evening, in memory of his father Sandro, "The great person who is absent" to whom Bocelli gave the dedication in his own words at the beginning of the evening, is an indelible testimony to this bond.
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by patriciabutler on Wed 06 Jun, 2007 11:19 pm
thankyou so much Annalisa for posting these again, Tricia
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by crocodileshoes on Thu 07 Jun, 2007 10:12 am
Thankyou Annaliesa for these informations; i have so enjoyed them.-
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by syl on Thu 07 Jun, 2007 1:15 pm
Many thanks,Annalisa. I have found your information very touching. I am so glad that there are people in this world who care about beauty and dedicate time to preserving it.
Is there any significance to the fiberglass head being partial instead of whole?
Is there any significance to the fiberglass head being partial instead of whole?
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by Annalisa on Thu 07 Jun, 2007 2:14 pm
Prego a tutti. The information was just sitting on my hard drive waiting to be shared. 
The partial head sculpted by Igor Mitoraj seems to fairly representative of his style. If you google his name you can find out more about him and see many pictures of his other works. For example, this site: http://www.artnet.com/artist/11916/igor-mitoraj.html .
The partial head sculpted by Igor Mitoraj seems to fairly representative of his style. If you google his name you can find out more about him and see many pictures of his other works. For example, this site: http://www.artnet.com/artist/11916/igor-mitoraj.html .
Annalisa
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by jezabel66a on Thu 07 Jun, 2007 6:12 pm
Enormisimo el talento de este artista- escultor. ,IGOR MITORAJ, autor de la soberbia cabeza que tanta admiracion despierta en el anfiteatro de LAJATICO.
Te agradezco en verdad mucho ANNALISA, el completisimo informe que has escrito, y el plus acerca del artista mencionado.
Admito que no lo conocia, hasta hoy, y de lo que pude ver, no tengo mas que palabras de admiracion . Las que mas me gustaron:
MORPHEO PICCOLO (2002), HIPNOS (2001), SONNO (2001) y TESTA ADDORMENTATA (1983).
THANK YOU VERY MUCH; AGAIN.
Te agradezco en verdad mucho ANNALISA, el completisimo informe que has escrito, y el plus acerca del artista mencionado.
Admito que no lo conocia, hasta hoy, y de lo que pude ver, no tengo mas que palabras de admiracion . Las que mas me gustaron:
MORPHEO PICCOLO (2002), HIPNOS (2001), SONNO (2001) y TESTA ADDORMENTATA (1983).
THANK YOU VERY MUCH; AGAIN.
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by Motoko on Fri 08 Jun, 2007 1:31 am
IGOR MITORAJ on the Puccini Festival website
The symbolic sculpture of the Teatro del Silenzio this year is by Arnaldo Pomodoro, which was used in the production of Madama Butterfly performed at the Puccini Festival in 2004.
The Puccini Festival and the artists of ''Little Athens''
I enjoyed the production of Madama Butterfly performed in Japan.
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ARNALDO POMODORO on the Puccini Festival website
The symbolic sculpture of the Teatro del Silenzio this year is by Arnaldo Pomodoro, which was used in the production of Madama Butterfly performed at the Puccini Festival in 2004.
The Puccini Festival and the artists of ''Little Athens''
In 2002 Manon Lescaut was the second Puccini's opera to be "sculpted" by one of the great names of the world of art, Igor Mitoraj, who designed the wonderful sets and costumes for the Festival's new production, which opened its 48th season.
In 2004, the Festival looked again to Pietrasanta to supply the talents of Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, who brought potent design ideas for a new production celebrating the centenary of the Maestro's most popular work, Madama Butterfly. Premiered in Torre del Lago just 100 years after its first success in Brescia on May 28th, 1904, the Puccini Festival production enjoyed a triumphant tour in Japan in September 2004.
I enjoyed the production of Madama Butterfly performed in Japan.
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ARNALDO POMODORO on the Puccini Festival website
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by LaCavallerizza on Fri 08 Jun, 2007 1:55 am
Thank you Annalisa, it's so wonderful to read these again.
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by DueBaci on Fri 08 Jun, 2007 4:40 am
Motoko wrote: The symbolic sculpture of the Teatro del Silenzio this year is by Arnaldo Pomodoro, which was used in the production of Madama Butterfly performed at the Puccini Festival in 2004.
OH .. thank you Motoko.
I'd heard "Pomodoro" in the promo video .. and then saw that big orange/red globe on the programs for the concert in Lajatico this year.. and somehow ... I thought that's what they were calling the sculpture.
pomodoro. (or tomato)
oops.
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Grandes artistas.
by jezabel66a on Fri 08 Jun, 2007 3:54 pm
Como dice el texto puesto por MOTOKO, la opera es universalmente considerada como la forma artistica mas variada y completa, porque envuelve no solo el canto, la musica y la actuacion, sino tambien el contexto escenico. este ultimo para nada resulta ser un detalle menor si consideramos a estos grandes artistas, que nos dejan admirados con sus grandiosas obras, y como muestra de lo dicho aqui se exponen algunas de : IGOR MITORAJ, KAN YASUDA, JEAN MICHEL FOLDON, PIETRO CASCELLA o ARNALDO POMODORO.
Grandes obras, nacidas del esfuerzo de grandes artistas...
Gracias MOTOKO!.
Grandes obras, nacidas del esfuerzo de grandes artistas...
Gracias MOTOKO!.
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