Il gatto con gli stivali
Concluded
The sodality with the Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli which every year enriches the Piccolo's programme with prose, opera and dance through the enchanting interpretations of the "wooden actors" is once again renewed. This year's Christmas show is one of the most loved of fairytales, "Puss in boots", staged in féerie style (with recited parts alternated with sung and musical parts).
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Teatro Studio Melato
Puss in boots is, along with Excelsior, one of the greatest successes for the Carlo Colla & Figli Marionette Company: shown for the first time in 1911, it ran at the Milanese Teatro Girolamo until 1957 (the year of the closure of the famous theatre, a veritable puppet-sized “bonbonnière”) and since its return to the stage in 1987 it has until now had over four hundred recitals in Italy and Europe.
Based on the fairytale of the same name by Charles Perrault but “reworked” by Carlo Il Colla for marionettes in the form of a féerie (or rather with acted parts alternating with singing and music), Puss in bootsis a rich and lavish production, with a staging which recreates a fairytale atmosphere.
Duration: One hour and 15 minutes
Puss in boots is, along with Excelsior, one of the greatest successes for the Carlo Colla & Figli Marionette Company: shown for the first time in 1911, it ran at the Milanese Teatro Girolamo until 1957 (the year of the closure of the famous theatre, a veritable puppet-sized “bonbonnière”) and since its return to the stage in 1987 it has until now had over four hundred recitals in Italy and Europe.
Based on the fairytale of the same name by Charles Perrault but “reworked” by Carlo Il Colla for marionettes in the form of a féerie (or rather with acted parts alternating with singing and music), Puss in bootsis a rich and lavish production, with a staging which recreates a fairytale atmosphere.
Duration: One hour and 15 minutes
Credits
Piccolo Teatro Studio Melato
from 27 December 2015 to 6 January 2016
Il gatto con gli stivali (Puss in boots)
A fairytale in two acts by Carlo Il Colla
Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault
music by Felice Camesasca, Sets by Achille Luadi and Franco Citterio
Costumes by Carlo Il Colla and Eugenio Monti Colla, directed by Eugenio Monti Colla
Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli
An Associazione Grupporiani production
Comune di Milano - Cultura – Teatro Convenzionato
All the performances are at 4pm. On Friday 1 January there will be no performance.
