The Ferrara years 2008-2020: inaugurated the exhibition curated from Piero Maccarinelli
It opened today, at 12 Via Saffi, the exhibition The Ferrara Years 2008-2020, the new stage in the journey of enhancing the artistic heritage initiated by the Foundation Festival dei Due Mondi. to one year after his death, the Festival pays tribute to Giorgio Ferrara, director from 2008 to 2020: the exhibition to curated by Piero Maccarinalli is a careful selection of costumes, archival material and photographs, which Festival-goers can visit until July 14 (at 10-13, at 15-18). The exhibition's four rooms offer an immersion into Ferrara's creative world and that of his fellow travelers, offering a portrait of his extraordinary artistic legacy. Fifty-two photographs tell the story of the world that gravitated around to Giorgio Ferrara, from the artists involved for new productions to those invited to Spoleto (such as Jean Paul Gautier), to the personalities who came to the Festival to see performances. In addition to director, in his thirteen years to Spoleto Giorgio Ferrara was also the director of most of the operas produced by the Festival: a room collects photographs of his major opera productions, along with costumes from Gogo No Eiko and those from Le Nozze di Figaro, made from Maurizio Galante. to An entire room is dedicated toLe Nozze di Figaro: the audience can review the entire opera surrounded by the original costumes and wigs. Even the seating is exceptional; viewers can sit on two thrones from the original scenes made from Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo. And again the exhibition includes two costumes from Il Matrimonio Segreto by Piero Tosi from 2013, kindly granted from Dino Trappetti with the support of Fondazione Carla Fendi.
Tomorrow, June 29 at at 4 p.m. the homage to Giorgio Ferrara continues with the event to curated by Fabiana Giacomotti Love letters to Giorgio, at the Sala XVII settembre of the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti. A journey of words and emotions with the participation of some of the greatest directors, costume designers, authors, dancers and international actors who have collaborated with Ferrara in the thirteen editions of his artistic direction. A long journey that has allowed the Spoleto Festival to be reborn in a new form, delivering it to the cultural, but also popular, success of today. Guests include Franco Parenti Theater Director Andrée Ruth Shammah, Oscar winner Gianni Quaranta, designers Maurizio Galante and Vincent Darré, Fondazione Carla Fendi president Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi and Monsignor Renato Boccardo. With contributions from Bob Wilson, Emma Dante, Alessio Vlad, Silvia Colasanti, Isabella Rossellini and Francesco Rutelli.