Lisa Bernardini (Assadakah news) - TEATRO LIRICO GIORGIO GABER, MILANO (March 24 and 25 - 9:00pm) - In 2001, at just over 72 years of age, Ennio Morricone marked a decisive turning point in his career; and in his life. He began an interminable world tour that led him to conduct his own music in concert, as never before. A few years later, he wins an Oscar for the first time and participates in a CD in which the world's greatest musicians pay tribute to his music... And he becomes a true planetary star. What did this radical change mean for him? How did the audience's perception of the artist and his music change? Who was behind it all?
In June 2023, hase been published in Italy Luigi Caiola's book “We AII Love Ennio Morricone”, dedicated to his collaboration with the Maestro, whose manager he was from 1997 to 2015, producing 15 CDs and DVDs and giving birth for the first time to a full-fledged concert career for the Maestro up to the Oscar, obtained for the first time in 2007.
The most important recording work produced by Luigi Caiola is the CD “We AII Love Ennio Morricone” which features, in addition to the Maestro himself who wrote most of the scores and orchestral transitions between tracks, international artists perforimg, each in their own way, Morricone's music (Quincy Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion, Roger Waters, Herbie Hancock, Andrea Bocelli, Yo-Yo Ma, and others).
Many artists around the world are rightly giving life to a multitude of tribute concerts dedicated to Ennio Morricone's music; few, however, can boast a professional, artistic and human collaboration with him.
And this is precisely the distinguishing element of the show “We all love Ennio Morricone,” based on audio and video materials made or approved by the Maestro himself, on Luigi Caiola's memories, and on the artistic testimony of a number of musicians who have shared their careers with the Maestro for more than two decades, both in recording studios and in live concerts around the world.
The list of the show features pieces by Morricone performed with orchestrations and arrangements faithful to the originals recorded in the CD “We all love Ennio Morricone” and in the many other live abd studio productions made by Luigi Caiola with the Maestro.
On stage, some of the principal artists who have long collaborated with Morricone: Susanna Rigacci, lead vocals; Marco Massimi, electric bass; Nicola Costa, guitars; Paolo Zampini, flute; Nello Salza, trumpet and flugelhorn; Massimiliano Costanzi, trombone; Marco Venturi French horn; Gianfranco Borrelli, viola; Maurizio Trippitelli, percuss1oni.
They are joined by ViVas! symphony orchestra and Santa Cecilia polyphonic choir from Inzago, conducted by Maestro Ludovico Fulci, Morricone's collaborator for more than 30 years in the studio and in concerts.
Actor Luigi Petrucci will lead the audience on a journey into the memory of those who were protagonists of that time, telling episodes, anecdotes and events from Luigi Caiola's book.
More than 80 artists will perform Morricone's best-known songs, including: Once Upon a Time in the West; The Good, the Bad, the Ugly; A Fistful of Dynamite; The Ecstasy of Gold; The Mission; Once Upon a Tome in America; Cinema Paradiso; Malena; Love Affair...
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