Lino Guanciale Makes Directorial Debut with Canetti's 'Nozze'
Lino Guanciale is making his debut as a theater director with 'Nozze' (The Wedding) by Elias Canetti at Teatro delle Passioni in Modena. This production is part of the 'Progetto Elias Canetti. Il secolo preso alla gola,' which is curated by Claudio Longhi for ERT-Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione. Guanciale leads a group of twelve young performers from the ERT Fondazione School in a collective presentation. Written in 1931, 'Nozze' delves into issues of power, identity, and moral decline, symbolizing the downfall of a bourgeois family as a reflection of Central European civilization's deterioration. The stage features a movable platform with small-scale interiors, and the cast includes Rocco Ancarola, Gabriele Anzaldi, and Simone Baroni, with costumes that incorporate Nazi uniforms to emphasize the political themes.
Key facts
- Lino Guanciale makes his directorial debut with 'Nozze' by Elias Canetti.
- The production is part of 'Progetto Elias Canetti. Il secolo preso alla gola' curated by Claudio Longhi.
- The play debuted at Teatro delle Passioni in Modena.
- Guanciale directs twelve young actors from the ERT Fondazione School.
- 'Nozze' was written in 1931 and is Canetti's first play.
- The play prefigures themes from Canetti's 'Massa e Potere'.
- The story involves a dying widow's apartment building and its tenants.
- The climax features an earthquake and profiteering by a character named Gretchen.
Entities
Artists
- Elias Canetti
- Lino Guanciale
- Claudio Longhi
- Simone Baroni
- Rocco Ancarola
- Gabriele Anzaldi
- Oreste Leone Campagner
- Giulio Germano Cervi
- Brigida Cesareo
- Elena Natucci
- Marica Nicolai
- Martina Tinnirello
- Cristiana Tramparulo
- Giulia Trivero
- Massimo Vazzana
- Georg Büchner
- Giuseppe Distefano
Institutions
- ERT-Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione
- Teatro delle Passioni
- ERT Fondazione School
- Artribune
Locations
- Modena
- Italy
- Vienna
- Austria