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Verona 28 September at 20.30: The samples of ice and the opera back together in the Arena of Verona Opera on Ice 2013! Costumes as works of art, suspended between past and present
Wednesday 25 September 2013 14 minutes reading time
Final preparations for Opera on Ice, the show that brings together the opera and figure skating on ice. Scheduled on September 28 at the Arena di Verona, the largest opera house in the world, the event starring the world's most celebrated champions of the discipline, which interpret the most famous arias of operas, performed by & rsquo , Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona, and opera singers of international renown. One of the novelties of this edition is a tribute to Luciano Pavarotti, in collaboration with the Foundation created by Nicoletta Mantovani: all athletes of the cast, committed to the next Games in Sochi 2014 will dance to the tune of "Nessun dorma", accompanying so the voice of the great Master who played the famous romance of Turandot in the Olympic Games of Turin 2006. "Nessun dorma" was the last song "live" Pavarotti, recorded in a video that is part of the traveling exhibition "I love Pavarotti," hosted these days by the Palazzo Forti in Verona. This year Opera on Ice was chosen by Marmomacc as Official Event of 2013. The affinity of the Opera on Ice, and the International Exhibition of Marble, Design and Technology ranging from material to internationality, culminating with the immediacy, both geographical and temporal.
 "It 'a great thrill for me to wear the costumes created for the show - says the godmother of Opera on Ice Carolina Kostner -. There ever have the custom creations and designed taking into account our needs. I am sure that this year's surprise for the audience will be immense. "
The costumes Opera on Ice is the only event on the ice to have costumes created only for the whole cast of the show. The organizers, always looking for something new for the show, this year they decided to dress all its characters with the real costumes of operas and so it has been involved in the theater costume designer Lorraine Marin. The "wardrobe" 2013 edition includes 15 change of costumes for the 16 tunes performed by the cast. The sketches are: 1) "CARMEN" - a collaboration with the school Fashion Ground Academy, which together with Playlife (Benetton Group) created the costumes reinterpreting the theme of Carmen in a light color suggestions based on the original and decorative of Spain ' '800. The fusion of the Spanish tradition combined with modern clothes Playlife promises to surprise the audience of all ages will see that Carolina Kostner (Carmen) as the passionate gypsy Bizet; 2) "DANCE OF THE HOURS" - of great effect on the costume made by Fashion Ground Academy, in collaboration with Lorena Marin, again for Carolina Kostner. The dress is designed to reflect the charm of the metaphysical succession of hours. The champion will be accompanied by 12 Hot Shivers, dressed in the costumes provided by the Fondazione Arena di Verona, and 3) "AIDA" - as every year the number of closing the show will be the Triumph of Aida. This time the cast will be dressed in the costumes of the historical setting of 1913, provided by the House of Art Flower Milan fair guardian of morals, who has granted us this honor. An occasion to remember the bicentennial of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi and the centenary of the Arena Festival. THE MUSIC Carmen, Aida, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Romeo and Juliet and Carmina Burana are some of the works whose arias are sung by great singers accompanied by the more than 200 elements that make up the Choir and Orchestra of the Arena di Verona conducted by Maestro Fabio Mastrangelo. Affectionately referred to as the most famous Russian director born in Italy, the Master Mastrangelo - recently appointed Superintendent and Artistic Director of the historic theater St. Petersburg Music Hall - since 2007 is also Permanent Guest Conductor of the famous Teatro "Mariinsky" in St. Petersburg. Arena di Verona debuted in 2011 with Roméo et Juliette by Gounod, a work that will bring in January 2014 to "Novaya Opera" in Moscow. ABOUT THE CAST In addition to Carolina Kostner, the first in the world rankings, world champion in 2012, four more times medalist at the World Championships, European champion five times, three more times medalist at the European Championships, winner of the Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating 2011 and seven-time Italian champion, there will be figure skating champions from all over the world: Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, and Russia. Evgeni Plushenko, the Russian champion, star and icon of the skating world, winner of the 2006 Turin Olympics and Olympic silver medalist in Vancouver and Salt Lake City, three times world champion and seven-time European champion, Stéphane Lambiel, Switzerland, winner of a silver medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and two-time World Champion, Prince of spins; Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, a pair of artistic, Canadian standards, bronze medalist at the World Championships 2013. Shizuka Arakawa, winner of the 2006 Turin Olympics and World Champion in 2004. Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, couple dancing flagship of the Italian national team and bronze medal at the European Championships 2013. Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, artistic couple, three times Italian champions, bronze medal at the European Championships 2013. Italian first pair to win a medal in the European specialty. The Italian team of senior synchronized skating Hot Shivers. The cast is completed with Flowers, four young athletes of ASD Glacies Verona: Elisa Badlands, born in 2002; Desiree De Marchi, class of 2003; Greta Gasparato, class of 2004; Francesca Mascia, born in 2005. The parterre sports this year now has a new "special guest", the team of Rhythmic Gymnastics Air Force, consisting of the "Butterflies", World and Olympic champions. Butterflies are: Elisa Blanchi; Romina Laurito; Anzhelika Savrayuk and Elisa Santoni THE SINGERS Among the items, stands the name of Vittorio Grigolo, young tenor and authentic model for young opera singers present at the event, which will present the world premiere of a from the new album "Ave Maria" to be released in October 2013 and distributed by Sony Music. For the audience of the Arena, in addition to the parties to the "Tosca", "La Traviata" and "Rigoletto", Grigolo sings the famous "Ave Maria" by Schubert, sung by Prince tops of Stéphane Lambiel. International level also other voices: Davit Babayants, baritone Armenian nationals, has already debuted in the Arena for the Festival Centenary Gala Domingo-Harding in 2013; Elisa Balbo, soprano Bordighera, he attended the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan and in April was selected by the Foundation Pavarotti to perform in New York, Natalia Roman, soprano Drochia (Moldova). With them two young soloists: mezzo-soprano Alice Marini Verona and tenor Stephen Cosentino Tanzillo.
The singers and the tunes that will be performed on September 28 have been carefully selected by the Fondazione Arena di Verona, conducted by Paul Gavezzeni. Foundation The Foundation Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti, non-profit organization, has a dual purpose: to keep alive the memory of Maestro Pavarotti and to help emerging young opera singers to find opportunities to be heard and to know. AMO Pavarotti From 23 April to November 2013, the historic Palazzo Forti in Verona hosts the exhibition AMO Pavarotti in which the Voice is told through an extraordinary journey of exciting videos, restored and processed graphically numbers 200 elements that make up the Choir and the ' Orchestra of the Arena di Verona. The ice rink has impressive size of 800 square meters. 35,000 liters of water used, equivalent to about 1,600,000 cubes. 1,088 pipes pass under the track for a total of 43,520 meters in length, 400 kw of total electric power used for the event, 650 kw fridge, enough to cool 150 apartments. For the formation of ice takes 42 hours, 700 total to build the track, 900 kW of heating power to allow the oil boiler to unfreeze the track at the end of the event. Info Tickets A few days after the presale is going very well and, as in previous editions we are moving towards a full house: the last tickets are available on the site Ticketone (www.ticketone.it) at the point of sale Geticket at Unicredit branches (to discover the point of sale or the nearest branch www.geticket.it) From September 25 will be able to purchase tickets at the gate No. 7 in Vero na Arena at the following times: from ore10 0.30 to 13, 30 and from 15.00 to 19.30
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