OFFICINE MONTECRISTO

1. “Dreams of dreams” [2014]

Original soundtrack for one-man-band live-on-stage

Orchestration: percussions multiset, toy instruments and electronics

Director: Giovanni Firpo

Starring: Francesco Leineri (musician), Antonio Orlando, Bianca Friscelli, Carola Ripani, Giorgio Coppone, Francesco Russo.

Synopsis: Dreams of Dreams" is a physical theater show born from an idea by Giovanni Firpo and composer Francesco Leineri: six masks dream of each other, creating a story of love, friendship, fear, and desire in a densely dreamlike atmosphere populated with visions. The goal of the project was to create a show where music, masks, and objects collaborate to create a universal language that could be understood by all kinds of spectators: from children to adults of different cultures and countries. The collective work on the dramaturgy and the construction of objects was done to seek a universal poetry of theater, understood as the search for the highest concepts expressed using the simplest materials.

Production: ANAD Silvio d’Amico

Venues: Teatro di Villa Torlonia, Rome; UWE - der festival, Münich (DEU); Setkani Encounter 2016, Brno (CZ); ITFOK 2017, Thrissur (IND)

Prize or mentions: Setkani Encounter 2016, Brno (CZ). Special mention for Francesco Leineri “for his musical composition and its interpretation on the stage as a fundamental element”.

2. “Hypnagogia” [2016]

Original soundtrack.

Orchestration: woodwinds, guitar and effects, double bass and keyboards.

Director: Giovanni Firpo

Starring: Antonio Orlando, Vittoria Faro, Carola Ripani, Giulia Tripletta.

Synopsis: "HYPNAGOGIA" is the continuation of the research started by director Firpo on the theme of dreamlike vision, in collaboration with composer Francesco Leineri. The exploration of the language of dreams shifts, after the white fairy tale "Dreams of Dreams," with "HYPNAGOGIA," to the dark tones of nightmares and the subconscious. Hypnagogia, or sleep paralysis, is a grotesque nightmare where a news event transforms into a mise en abyme in the labyrinth of the subconscious, populated with remorse, taboos, and dangerous presences.

Production: ANAD Silvio d’Amico

Venues: Teatro studio Eleonora Duse, Rome (IT)

3. “Lonely” [2020] 

Original soundtrack for toy instruments

Director: Giovanni Firpo

Starring: Bianca Friscelli, Roberta Morelli, Luigi Biava, Francesco Tozzi, Corinna Bologna

Synopsis: Lonely is a young boy who lives in a tiny house with Father and Mother. He feels misunderstood and has decided to hide from the world with a paper bag on his head after a romantic disappointment. Grandma Clara is an elderly lady who is a bit forgetful. She lost her husband after many years of marriage and now lives in a world populated by the shadows of memories. Hobo is a gruff but generous homeless man who wants to have friends, but his shabby appearance discourages anyone from approaching him. Three stories in a box, three adventures in a wordless world, inhabited by masks, music, and strange secondary characters who will help our protagonists regain their trust in the world through the magic of poetry.

Prize or mentions: Finale Premio Scenario Infanzia 2018