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Alessandro Talevi, Director |
For me, the most important thing about Amadigi was to create real, human characters on stage. For the sorceress Melissa and her enchanted realm, I drew inspiration from the powerful, cultured women of the Italian High Renaissance, figures like Isabella d’Este and Lucrezia Borgia, who had the means to create private fantasies and follies within the high walls of their palaces. The setting for Amadigi di Gaula is like a giant Renaissance curiosity cabinet, full of surprises and illusions which Melissa has created to seduce her admirers and confound and torment her rivals.
