Bologna, Arena del Sole, 8 -14 October 2015
Tue-Fri 9.00 p.m., Sat 10 Oct. 7.30 p.m., Sun 11 Oct. 4 p.m.
Modena, Teatro delle Passioni, 20 -25 October 2015
Tue-Fri 9.00 p.m., Sat 24 Oct. 8.00 p.m., Sun 25 Oct. 3.30 p.m.
Festival Vie 2015 – Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione

FAUST – A Research on the Language of Beijing Opera – World Premiere

text by Li Meini based on the tragic play “Faust, Part One” by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Translation Fabrizio Massini
Concept and Direction – Anna Peschke – Assistant Director Xu Mengke

Original Music
Luigi Ceccarelli
Alessandro Cipriani
Chen Xiaoman
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Performers
Liu Dake – Faust
Xu Mengke – Valentin
Wang Lu – Mephistopheles
Zhang Jiachun – Gretchen
Vincenzo Core (Electric Guitar and Live Electronics)
Wang Jihui (jinghu)
Niu LuLu (gong)
Laura Mancini (percussions)
Ju Meng (yueqin)
Giacomo Piermatti (Double Bass)
Wang Xi (bangu)

Set Design Anna Peschke
Stage Lights Tommaso Checcucci
Costumes Akuan
Make-up Li Meng

Technical Director Robert John Resteghini, Head Stagehand Massimo Abbondanza, Stagehand Alfonso Pintabuono , Head Electrician Tommaso Checcucci, Sound Engineer Giampiero Berti, Tailor Li Jian

Set design elements were built in Emilia Romagna Teatro Lab by Gioacchino Gramolini Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione / China National Peking Opera Company
Thanks to Confucius Institute for the collaboration