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Cast
Sonia Prina | As: La marquesa Clarice | |
Jennifer Holloway | As: La baronessa Aspasia | |
Laura Giordano | As: Donna Fulvia | |
François Lis | As: Il conte Asdrubale | |
José Manuel Zapata | As: Il cavalier Giocondo |
Storyline
LA PIETRA DEL PARAGONE (The Touchstone) concerns the Count Asdrubale who is wealthy and therefore of great interest to many women – notably Aspasia, Fulvia, and Clarice. Only Clarice, however, loves him for something other than his riches. There are also male hangers-on: the corrupt journalist Macrobio, the poetaster Pacuvio, and Giocondo, who is Asdrubale's true friend, but who has his own eyes on Clarice. To test his friends and would-be fiancées, Asdrubale pretends that he has been bankrupted. Sure enough, only Clarice and Giocondo stand by him, and when his fortune is "miraculously" saved, the three have the last laugh on everyone else... or do they? This production is set in what looks like the early 1960s. But the real innovation is the use of blue screen technology: using tiny cameras and sets, along gigantic screens hanging over the stage, a kind of video mixing makes the singers appear to inhabit any number of fanciful settings and perform a myriad of improbable actions.
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Cast
Sonia Prina |
La marquesa Clarice |
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Jennifer Holloway |
La baronessa Aspasia |
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Laura Giordano |
Donna Fulvia |
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François Lis |
Il conte Asdrubale |
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José Manuel Zapata |
Il cavalier Giocondo |
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Joan Martín-Royo |
Macrobio |
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Christian Senn |
Pacuvio |
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Filippo Polinelli |
Fabrizio |
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Jean-Christophe Spinosi |
Self - Conductor |
Directed By
Philippe Béziat |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Luigi Romanelli |
Writer |
Production Crew
Edited By
Costume and Makeup
Sound
Gioacchino Rossini |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Lighting
Art Department
Pierrick Sorin |
Production Design |
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Other Crew
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