November 30 – December 4, Cagliari, Teatro Massimo

China National Peking Opera Company
ERT – Fondazione Emilia Romagna Teatri

FAUST – A Research on the Language of Beijing Opera

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

Music
Luigi Ceccarelli
Alessandro Cipriani
Chen Xiaoman
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Performers
Liu Dake – Faust
Xu Mengke – Mephistopheles
Zhao Huihui – Valentin
Zhang Jiachun – Gretchen
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Vincenzo Core (Electric Guitar and Live Electronics)
Wang Jihui (jinghu)
Niu LuLu (gong)
Laura Mancini (percussions)
Fu Chayina (yueqin)
Giacomo Piermatti (Double Bass)
Wang Xi (bangu)
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Set Design Anna Peschke
Stage Lights Tommaso Checcucci
Costumes Akuan
Make-Up Li Meng
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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