Shanghai Theatre Academy – Matteo Ricci e Xu Guangqi
Concluded
Created by the Shanghai Theatre Academy, the play is a tribute to the extraordinary friendship which bound two 16th century men of science and faith (even if not of the same faith). An ode to understanding between peoples and to respect for one’s fellow man, possible where a love for study and knowledge is sovereign.
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Teatro Studio Melato
After a preview in the form of a study, as part of the Expo semester, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi returns, this time in its completed form, to recount the life of Father Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit, mathematician, map maker and missionary who lived in China from 1582 until his death. Evangeliser of China, a life lived during the Ming Dynasty, Father Ricci, whose Mandarin name was Li Madou, was so well-esteemed by the Chinese as to be bestowed with the title of Confucian Scholar of the Great Occident. Xu Guangqi, a close Chinese friend of Matteo Ricci, was a scientist as well as a high functionary of the Empire.
Matteo Ricci strengthens the collaboration between the Piccolo Teatro and the Academy of the Theatre of Shanghai, the extremely important Chinese institution which trains the best theatrical talents in the country.
The consolidation of a relationship which was born over 10 years ago in 2006 on the occasion of the third tour of Harlequin in China, which led to the co-production of the play Six Characters in search of an Author by Pirandello, presented at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai and at the Teatro Studio in Milan, and the hosting, in the seasons to follow, of Miss Julie by Strindberg and two new productions in collaboration with the Confucius Institute and the Università degli Studi di Milano: Confucius Disciples and the first part of Matteo Ricci.
Duration: two hours with interval
After a preview in the form of a study, as part of the Expo semester, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi returns, this time in its completed form, to recount the life of Father Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit, mathematician, map maker and missionary who lived in China from 1582 until his death. Evangeliser of China, a life lived during the Ming Dynasty, Father Ricci, whose Mandarin name was Li Madou, was so well-esteemed by the Chinese as to be bestowed with the title of Confucian Scholar of the Great Occident. Xu Guangqi, a close Chinese friend of Matteo Ricci, was a scientist as well as a high functionary of the Empire.
Matteo Ricci strengthens the collaboration between the Piccolo Teatro and the Academy of the Theatre of Shanghai, the extremely important Chinese institution which trains the best theatrical talents in the country.
The consolidation of a relationship which was born over 10 years ago in 2006 on the occasion of the third tour of Harlequin in China, which led to the co-production of the play Six Characters in search of an Author by Pirandello, presented at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai and at the Teatro Studio in Milan, and the hosting, in the seasons to follow, of Miss Julie by Strindberg and two new productions in collaboration with the Confucius Institute and the Università degli Studi di Milano: Confucius Disciples and the first part of Matteo Ricci.
Duration: two hours with interval
Meetings and insights
Credits
Piccolo Teatro Studio Melato
from 23 to 25 May 2017
Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi
by William H. Sun
directed by Guo Yu and Shen Kuang
A Shanghai Theatre Academy production
A show in Chinese with surtitles in Italian
Information and bookings
Telephone service 02.42.41.48.89
From Monday to Saturday 9.45 a.m. – 6.45 p.m.
Sunday 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Teatro Strehler
From Monday to Saturday 9.45 a.m. to 6.45 p.m.
Sunday 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
On the evening of the performance the sale of tickets will close one hour before the performance begins.
Groups and organisations
For information on tickets and subscriptions for groups and organisations, and afternoon performances for schools and educational shows, please contact the Servizio Promozione Pubblico e Proposte Culturali.
Tel.02.72.333.216
e-mail:promozione.pubblico@piccoloteatromilano.it
