Prize UBU – Special Prize to Luigi Ceccarelli for the score and the musical daramaturgy – Milan 2002

with Gianni Trovalusci – Flute
surround diffusion 6.1
sound direction – Angelo Benedetti
musical production Edison Studio – Roma
duration of the music 60′

Teatro delle Albe
Sogno di una notte di Mezza estate
riscrittura in giù da William Shakespeare
text by Marco Martinelli from William Shakespeare
direction Marco Martinelli
scenes and costums Ermanna Montanari, Cosetta Gardini
light designer Vincent Longuemare
on stage: Luigi Dadina (Teseo), Maurizio Lupinelli (Sfondo-Bottom), Roberto Magnani (Puck), Ermanna Montanari (Ippolita e Titania), Mandiaye N’Diaye (Oberon); Francesco Antonelli, Alessandro Argnani, Luca Fagioli, Massimiliano Rassu, Alessandro Renda (I meccanici); Michele Bandini, Cinzia Dezi, Nicole Garbellini, Emiliano Pergolari (Gli amanti); Antonio Dikele Distefano, Madiama Fall, Moussa N’Diaye, Samba N’Diaye, Serigne Mbacke Niane, Bathie Niane, Falé Sarr, Pape Amadou Sowe, Salif Sowe (Gli spiriti della notte)

light assistant- Francesco Catacchio
direction assistant – Francesca Amati
linguistic consultancy – Franco Nasi
translations and verses in Romagna dialiect – Nevio Spadoni

commission Biennale di Venezia, Ravenna Festival, Teatro delle Albe-Ravenna
duration of the performance 120′

music reviews

….. As always, Luigi Ceccarelli (in my opinion the best Italian theatrical musician) transforms the music into a supporting dramaturgical element……

Luca Donnelli – L’Avvenire, June 20, 2002

…… This forest of human spirits enchant the text with the mysterious dimension, reaffirmed by the overlapping of sound waves by Luigi Ceccarelli: romantic notes of the author alternating with thundering shivers, among the flashes of VIncent Longuemare, licking the world of Romeo Castellucci……. (

Franco Quadri – La Repubblica, June 18, 2002)