Gianfranco Jannuzzo returns to the stage of the Teatro Manzoni in Milan with “Fata Morgana”, a show inspired by the legendary sorceress of the Strait of Messina. Between music, poetry and irony, the actor talks about an Italy that knows how to laugh at its own quirks and find light in dreams, just like in the magic of myth
There are several legends about the myth of Fata Morgana, the powerful enchantress, who enchanted sailors at will, condemning them to certain death with optical illusions or saving them from their fate. All versions, however, have it in a crystal castle set in the Strait of Messina.
Gianfranco Jannuzzo, a histrionic actor of high artistic depth, is so fascinated by this character with such contrasting nuances that he chose her as the protagonist of his latest theater show, on stage from 14 to 26 October at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. In the show “Fata Morgana”, co-written with Angelo Callipo, defined by Jannuzzo as a very delicate poet, the actor will be accompanied on stage by four equally delicate musicians. Angelo Palmieri, oboist, Chiara Buzzurro, guitar, Alessio La China on cello and Nicola Grizzaffi on piano.
Fata Morgana represents the mirages, the illusions, the hopes of a people, the Italian one, which, although divided into dialects and regional peculiarities, is one whole, a people rich in culture and love, capable of laughing at their own quirks, but equally ready to discover their own intimacies. The show thus becomes an opportunity to laugh and reflect, Italy is told, from Genoa to Naples, from Belluno to Agrigento, that “Girgenti” so loved by the actor, which like all of his Sicily, is a land ready to welcome and offer.
Fata Morgana urged people to take their dreams and set them on fire, because those sparks would be the light during the dark moments.
And just like the enchantress, Gianfranco Jannuzzo, with the complicity of music created specifically for the occasion, enchants the audience, doing what Fata Morgana would have done: inviting them to dream.
