February 28 March 1  2017,  Vignola, Teatro Ermanno Fabbri
March 3-5 2017, Parma, Teatro2
March 7-12 2017, Roma, Teatro Argentina
March 16-19 2017, Prato, Teatro Metastasio
March 21-26 2017, Milano, Teatro Elfo Puccini

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

Performers
Liu Dake – Faust
Xu Mengke – Mephistopheles
Zhao Huihui – Valentin
Zhang Jiachun – Gretchen

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)


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

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