I Shardana 2013

(Gli uomini dei nuraghi)

Teatro Lirico, Cagliari - Italy (2013)
2013
Completed
Opera

An historical reconstruction of the Nuragic civilization, to bring ancient suggestions to the stage with very modern techniques

Director Davide Livermore, starting from the historical reconstruction of the Nuragic civilization, whose origins are still shrouded in mystery, worked with Giò Forma to bring ancient suggestions to the stage with very modern techniques; on the one hand the Nuragic bronzes, present on stage and replicated by the warriors and dancers covered in clay, on the other the videos that act as a backdrop and enhance the drama.

Those are scary rocks and overhangs that originate from a single and central scenic element, which moves and transforms beaten by the fury of the waves, here a mysterious atoll under the night and starry sky, there a bloody gallows or funereal monument in the tragic epilogue of death.

Maestro concertatore e direttore: Anthony Bramall

Regia: Davide Livermore

Orchestra e Coro della Fondazione Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Maestro del Coro Marco Faelli

Scene GIÒ FORMA

Production design, videodesign D-wok

Costumi Marco Nateri

Luci Loïc Hamelin

Two dancers covered in clay leap and fight in mid-air with swords against a black background – I Shardana at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy, 2013 – opera set design
Close-up of two performers with cracked clay body paint, one in profile, against a black background – I Shardana at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy, 2013 – opera set designI Shardana staged at Teatro Lirico: chorus before a tilted stone slab under a projected moon – I Shardana at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy, 2013 – opera set design
Clay-covered performers on a tilted rock set before a projected desert landscape and huge red moon – I Shardana at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy, 2013 – opera set designTwo clay-painted warriors with sword and shield clash in mid-air, one wearing a horned helmet – I Shardana at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy, 2013 – opera set design