BY CARLO GOLDONI
Director TONI SERVILLO
FROM SEPTEMBER 22 TO 26
WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY – 2:00 PM
“Under Mr. Servillo’s astute direction, the
performances reveal the follies of the characters (...).”
— Charles Isherwood, The New York Times, 24
juillet 2009
A MAGICAL, FESTIVE EVENING OF ITALIAN
THEATRE!
Place des Arts and Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, in
collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montreal are
pleased to present the prestigious and much celebrated production
of TRILOGIA DELLA VILLEGGIATURA (The Holiday Trilogy) by
Carlo Goldoni. After the resounding success of its Arlecchino,
servitore di due padroni in 2008, the legendary Piccolo Teatro in
Milan will be back in Montreal from September 22 to 26.
The company’s return is the fruit of a fortunate encounter
with one of the most dynamic groups of artists in the Italian
peninsula – Teatri Uniti from Naples. Seize this opportunity
to discover the impressive staging by actor Toni Servillo, a key
figure in Italian theatre and cinema. He has adapted this
three-part romantic comedy and also brilliantly portrays the
grouchy freeloader Ferdinando. In addition to the pleasure of
hearing the text in its original musicality, there is also the
pleasure of seeing the inspired acting of fi fteen Neapolitan and
Milanese performers!
Commedia all’italiana
Toni Servillo is a star of Italian cinema, acclaimed for his
rôle in Gomorrah and for playing a famous prime minister of
Italy in Il Divo. For both performances he received the European
Film Award for best actor in 2008. In 1987, he established the
collective Teatri Uniti in Naples, an exciting theatrical adventure
that he continues to pursue. From Molière to Pirandello, by
way of contemporary Neapolitan plays, Servillo acts and directs
brilliantly, sometimes doing both at once, as is the case with
Trilogia della villeggiatura. A firm believer in popular
theatre that seeks above all to reach out to the audience, Toni
Servillo skilfully orchestrates this “dance of
feelings”, distilling all the nuances, from the first burst
of laughter to the deeply moving emotion of the final moments.
Schemes, love a≠airs, lies or sudden reversals –
everything is in place to make us feel that behind the ridicule and
the frills and flounces, the bustling and swirling of the
characters mask their despair. Under its surface cruelty,
Goldoni’s writing is imbued with humour and tenderness. In
this superb and attractive production, the troupe presents the
adventures of this microcosm of society with real Italian fl air,
virtuoso actors playing their parts at breakneck speed but with
dazzling precision.
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ATTACHÉ DE PRESSE
LOUI MAUFFETTE / TNM / 514.878.7896 / OLIVIERC@TNM.QC.CA
PREMIÈRE MÉDIATIQUE LE MERCREDI 22 SEPTEMBRE
À 19 H 30
