Rigoletto. The mysteries of theatre

Rigoletto. The Mystery of Theatre tells how, through theatre, magic can be created: wonderful and dangerous stories come to life with a simple play of light, just as a firefly illuminates the darkness.
We are in the 1920s. The Compagnia del Duca, a group of travelling theatricals, brings Rigoletto to the stage every night, amidst joys and sorrows, revenge and forgiveness, until the inevitable meeting with death. With just a few elements and the secrets of the theatre, they transform each stage into a new world, where everything is fake, but nothing is false.
The old actor plays Rigoletto, the court jester who, after mocking Monterone, suffers his curse. His daughter Gilda, longing for freedom, falls in love with the Duke, who pretends to be a student. Deceived and kidnapped by the courtiers, she will end up sacrificing herself for love, leaving Rigoletto in despair. 
For the Compagnia del Duca, each performance is an act of creation and sacrifice, where fiction becomes reality, and theatre confirms itself as an eternal art.

The performance will be preceded by a workshop (3.30 p.m.).