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