Pollicino: fable in music 2016
Henze’s work for young and old for the first time in Turin
Fable in music in twelve scenes
Libretto by Giuseppe Di Leva
taken from fables by Carlo Collodi, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault
Music by Hans Werner Henze
First performance from 28 to 31 May at the Teatro Regio, Turin
Characters
Pollicino and his six brothers, the little ogress Clotilde and her six sisters, Mr Owl, Mrs Owl, Madam Fox, Miss Hare, Mr Hedgehog, Monsieur Boar, Mr Wolf, Pollicino’s father and mother, the Ogre and his wife
| Conductor and choir leader | Claudio Fenoglio |
| Director | Dieter Kaegi |
| Scenery and costumes | Italo Grassi |
| video editing | Mauro Matteucci |
| Lights | Andrea Anfossi |
| Assistant director | Marco Castagnoli |
Soloists and Choir of white voices of the Teatro Regio Torino and the ‘G. Verdi’ Conservatory
Youth Orchestra ‘Il Pollicino’
Theatre staging by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
In collaboration with the ‘Giuseppe Verdi’ Conservatory of Turin
On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)