Until Saturday, March 22 the Free Theatre of Milan offers White Nights, subtitled 'Concert for a Dreamer dedicated to the memories of a dreamer' . From an idea by Marinella Anaclerio, Flavio Albanian wrote the drama, directed and performed the show with musical accompaniment. In Milan there is a good guitarist Roberto Parmeggiani to make a soundtrack to a story written in 1848 by a young Fyodor Dostoevsky . Considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of all time, gave this story its name from the time of year known as the 'white nights' where in northern Russia, and in particular from parts of St. Petersburg, just after the sun goes down 10 pm.
A man from ordinary life, a clerk, spends his evenings alone walking, dreaming. One evening meets girl and falls in love with her immediately. Will he talk, you know that you expect a man who has promised to tornarei and between the two seems to arise a feeling that the girl tried to prevent. When, after four nights of meetings, comes the long awaited man, she runs towards him and let the little man with a quick hug dreamer. The whole story is told in first person and so does Flavio Albanian, with a voice and an ability to make involves emotions and feelings. The audience remains silent, then get excited. 'White Nights' has already turned a bit' and soon will go to L'Aquila and Trent. He, air peaceful but determined gaze, smile harmless but deep voice, kindly reply ad alcune domande.
Come descriveresti 'Notti bianche'?
Sono quello che racconta, non ci sono personaggi. C’è uno che racconta e non si sa bene se ha sognato, se ha vissuto, se la storia gliel'ha raccontata qualcun altro. Come in certi momenti della vita in cui ti ricordi delle cose, non sei sicuro e ti chiedi ‘Ma l’ho sognato? E’ successo veramente?’ Con gli anni, il ricordo si confonde con la fantasia. Prendi un sogno e vuoi metterlo nella realtà... Il sogno fa come una bottiglia nelle mani di un ubriacone: scompare, evapora.
Perché musicarlo col jazz?
Il jazz… Perché il mio modo di recitare part from a few themes: time, rhythm, theme, improvisation. For me acting is so natural, that's why I put this music. The meanings of words in themselves are but the issue here is the significant . It 's the sound that has the word, that counts. It is not the word that has the sound because the sound determines the verb, from the beginning. When you hear a sound means a lot more of the meaning of the spoken word, listening to the sound.
It 'great to hear. 'S why you recite with great emphasis? .
This resembles what he said Carmelo Bene and I know it's ridiculous of me to put myself in his comparison. But if we look at the moon but we stop the finger, you will never see anything. The gods must be similar, not to good men. I refer to Carmelo Bene, which to me is a god. It 's his sound is fantastic, like the sound of a jazz musician, Robert Parmer, who is one of the most exciting guitars in the landscape today.
What is your opinion that she has read the story aloud to her grandmother the novels of Walter Scott?
read Walter Scott as one who is now watching television and rooting for the Friends of Mary. It has no thoughts or culture. The love of the dreamer rather go there. 'The realism can not be recited in a realistic way, because the human reality is incomprehensible to man '. Dostoyevsky said with the voice of Carmelo Bene it 'The interview impossible', which runs at the beginning of my show.
You seem a sad story?
Dostoevsky does so hopeless dreamer, but in the end makes him say: 'But one moment of happiness is not enough for a lifetime?'. E 'sublime. Where ports
White Nights? What will you do next?
I'm also preparing another show.
What?
You'll do a track, 'All the rest is silence'.
The joke is Hamlet, or Shakespeare. But I want to know: do you prefer the job of monologues?
For many years I have had a company, with Marinella Anaclerio and many others we were in Italy and abroad, Iran, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nicaragua ... Ours was the first company who starred in burka 'The landlady' by Goldoni in Iran. I swear! But now I've chosen a path where I want to tell things to people. Like these.
