THE MAGIC PRODIGIOUS
The magical prodigious (1637) It is part of the category of religious dramas (comedies of saints) written by Calderón, according to one's interpretation of the Old and New Testaments, but developed according to the patterns of a medieval mystery. For the philosophical and theological importance of the topics covered - free will, for example -, the power of devotion towards the divine, lyricism and tragic intensity, the perfect dramatic construction, the astonishing visual invention, this work is considered one of the most representative of Spanish theatre. Il “Prodigious magic” stages the legend of Saint Cyprian and Saint Justina of Antioch, martyrs of the Christian faith in Nicomedia in the 3rd century. The drama was to be performed on the occasion of the Corpus Christi celebrations.
The Christian Faust, Cipriano, what a fight against “the demon” represents the most vital scene of the theater of illusion and disillusionment, of natural forces and human fascinations. Of the Passion.
Federico García Lorca wrote: “Through Calderón's theater we arrive at Faust and I believe we arrive there through the Mágico Prodigioso, and so we arrive at the great drama, to the great drama that is performed a thousand times every day, to the best theatrical tragedy that exists in the world: I am referring to the Holy Sacrifice of the mass.”
For Lenz Rifraczioni a new streben after the long research on Goethe's Faust and on the pure beauty of sensitive actors, an advancement in visionary obstinacy, a further dramaturgical study on ideal pulsations, ethics and aesthetics of contemporary man, dopo the scenic translation of Life is a Dream.
The reality of the different visions of the natural and supernatural world now determines the transformation and conservation of the planet itself. Theater of the world, the Great Theater of the World.
THE MAGIC PRODIGIOUS
by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
translation | rewrite | playwriting | imagoturgy || Francesco Pititto
regia || Maria Federica Masters | Francesco Pititto
scenic installation | plastic mathematics || Maria Federica Masters
music and electronic processing || Andrew Azzali
interpreters || Joseph Barigazzi | Hector Lombardi | Elisa Orlandini | Alessandro Sciarroni | Sandra Soncini
light design || Rocco Giansante
critical act || Julia Mirandola
production || Lenz Refractions
first || Lenz Theatre, Nature Gods Theater Festival, Parma, 2004
duration || 90 minutes
The show was presented at the Escena Abierta Festival, Burgos (Spain), at the XXIX Edition of the Festival de Teatro Clasico de Almagro, Almagro (Spain), to the Sensitive Scenario, Aosta, all’ Other Theatre, Forlì.
