STRAVINSKY: Il Segreto di Pulcinella (DVD)

Igor Stravinsky
Il segreto di Pulcinella

Movers Ballet:
Adriana Mortelliti, Sabrina Camera, Julia Wirth
Davide Cauli, Jochen Heckmann, Nunzio Verdenero

Antonella Balducci, soprano
Ruben Amoretti, tenor
Furio Zanasi, bass

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Muhai Tang, conductor

Carlo Ippolito, script, drawings and direction
Bruno Steiner, choreography

Picture format: NTSC 4:3
Sound format: Stereo
Region code: All Regions
Subtitles: English
Running time: 43 minutes
No. of DVDs: 1

At the end of the 18th century, the Venetian painter Giandomenico Tiepolo created an album
of 101 drawings. The scenes were set in a world completely populated by Punchinellos and were suggested by the chronicle of the painter's time, folk theatre themes, and mythological and historical parodies. Tiepolo may have inspired Stravinsky and Picasso's celebrated collaboration for their creation of Pulcinella for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in 1920. Specifically created for television in a 'blue studio', and combining sets with computer animation using a technique reflecting traditional painting methods, this highly original and suggestive version of the ballet draws on that same idea, while putting a twist on themes and styles from classical painting and artistic avant-guards.