Pulcinella and Music

Guarattelle and Music

by and with Irene Vecchia
and with music and voice of Marcello Squillante

pieces from the traditional repertoire of the Guarattelle accompanied by live music

The art of Guarattelle is a popular tradition of glove puppets handed down orally for more than 500 years. Starting from traditional pieces and new developments, this show tells in the manner of Pulcinella of love, fear, anger, death and life. Pulcinella expresses so many human emotions, and manages to overcome the difficulties with the cathartic fight and irony, just as we humans would like to know how to do.

Accompanied by the soundtrack of traditional music again interpreted by Marcello Squillante, the show is punctuated by the voice of Pulcinella, which attracts attention and enchants the audience. An ancient voice that crosses those who animate Pulcinella, a small technical device, a secret nonsense that handed down a wisdom of interpretation beyond the genre, time and place. Pulcinella is so immediately recognizable as an old friend, but with something more than human being.

Guarattelle are like music in which movements are rhythm and words are harmony - said Nunzio Zampella, puppeteer - and I add: and like a dance between puppeteer, puppets and audience.

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