A Loose Interpretation of a Dialogue Between Gazes

Liv Ferracchiati, author, director, and associate artist of the Teatro Stabile di Torino, has drawn inspiration from Mann‘s celebrated novel for this new production. A camera on a tripod and a writer who dies on a beach: the show is not a stage adaptation of Death in Venice, but a scenic journey loosely inspired by the novel combining three languages: word, dance, and video. The production removes the themes of homoeroticism and age difference, focusing instead on the meeting in Venice between Gustav von Aschenbach and Tadzio: what remains is death. The aim is to bring the characters closer to the audience and to explore the hard work of writing, showing how encounters with other human beings can bring rare, beautiful, and terrible moments. The third character is ironically the Word, which at first strives for formal harmony, then ignites and becomes hollow when confronted with the unspeakable. Additionally, Alice Raffaelli will be on stage with Liv Ferracchiati.

Inspired by Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
drammaturgy and direction Liv Ferracchiati
with Liv Ferracchiati and Alice Raffaelli
mouvements Alice Raffaelli
dramaturg Michele De Vita Conti
assistant director Anna Zanetti, Piera Mungiguerra
assistant dramaturgy Eliana Rotella
scene Giuseppe Stellato
costumes Lucia Menegazzo
light Emiliano Austeri
sound Spallarossa
voice of Tadzio Weronika Młódzik
literary consultancy Marco Castellari
Spoleto Festival Dei Due Mondi, Marche Teatro
Teatro Stabile Dell’Umbria
Fondazione Teatro Di Napoli – Teatro Bellini
In collaborazione con Fondazione Piccolo Teatro Di Milano – Teatro D’Europa