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This is a show that I recall very fondly.
Before doing the lighting design I spent days photographing real boats moored in local ports. I looked for the most diverse lighting conditions.
The opera is set in a modern, floating harem called the “Palace.” The boat could rotate 360 degrees giving the public many different view points. It was almost inevitable that we used the PVC cyclorama to suggest the psychological states of the characters and the time of day while following the music, libretto and the stage direction. The cyclorama lighting changed constantly and in order to illuminate it I used several different types of luminaires, HMI, Incandescent, all high output because the PVC cyclorama was very large. It was a great challenge to reproduce the colours on the cyclorama that I had envisioned. Many of the colours that I used were very saturated because the opera is a satire and presents strongly contrasting characters.
E-Colour+
#366
Cornflower
Colours used were E-Colour+ 241, 366 and 063. The action of the opera takes place during one day. The realistic day lighting underwent many changes as the boat revolved. I added fresnels, 14 Svoboda units and motorized lights to light the cyclorama and bounce reflected light off the glossy deck. The colours are almost complimentary which has a comic effect but also implies opposing characters and ideas.
Colours used were Roscolux 313, 21, 22, 73 and Cal Color 4360 60 Cyan. The first effect is one of heightened realism with a very strong contrast between the late afternoon sky and the coloured water shadows on the boat. The lighting started out realistic but became more stylized as the day progressed towards sunset.
Roscolux
#21
Golden Amber
Colours used were Roscolux 74, 76, and E-Colour+ 242. Here the difficulty was separating the boat from the cyclorama in this nightime scene. This was achieved by contrasting colours and constantly changing the lighting on the revolving boat and changing the colours and shapes on the PVC cyclorama.
Roscolux
#74
Night Blue
Photos - Luciano Romano
Musical Director - Jeffrey Tate
Director - Damiano Michieletto
Set Design - Paolo Fantin
Costumes - Silvia Aymonino
Lighting Design - Alessandro Carletti
Biography: Alessandro Carletti
Alessandro Carletti was born in Rome. He studied photography and painting in order to be able to investigate light, a passion that comes from a family tradition. As a child he followed his father’s work in the productions of Carmelo Bene and the Teatro Eliseo. He extended his development to television and film as a camera operator and then as assistant to Vincenzo Leoni. His last experience as Director of Photography was for Noutjoum El Ouloum, in Doha (Qatar). At the Rossini Opera Festival he consolidated his experience in opera thanks to the guidance of Mauro Brecciaroli. Meeting Guido Levi with whom he has collaborated on the design of numerous productions for directors like Yannis Kokkos, Franco Ripa Di Meana, Daniele Abbado, Giorgio Battistelli and Josef Francoli Lee has been fundamental to his career. Together they designed the lighting for the autobiografical opera of Silvano Bussotti, Sylvano Silvano, directed by Francesco Micheli. In 2009 he designed The Abduction from the Serraglio for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples directed by Damiano Michieletto with whom he has collaborated since 2008 with Jackie ‘O at Lugo and La Scala di Seta at the Rossini Opera Festival.