Discover with us
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
to experience an extraordinary adventure
FRANCESCA GIORDANINO, violin
MARCO DE MASI, cello
MASSIMILIANO LOTTI, acting voice
Hidden Universe
in a fragmente descended
to Earth
The Fifth Element is a show created by Francesca Giordanino for violin, cello and narrator.
It was born with the ambitious aim of involving the viewer sensorially and awakening their profound imagination through the use of
different artistic forms.
A totally new way to embark on a metaphysical journey to discover the meaning of our life on Earth.
Discover the magic of
Art and Physics
combined together
The backbone of the show coincides with the poetic work, written by Francesca Giordanino in quatrains of twelve rhyming syllables, which will be declaimed by an actor in the room. In this way, the deeds of the Fifth Element are narrated, a metaphysical hero who, with the evolution of the mise en scène, is incarnated in the Four Elements that give shape to our world: Air, Water, Earth and Fire.
This plot constitutes the conceptual foundation that gives direction and meaning to the entire representation.
Music and Photography
to tell
an epic story
Each poetic intervention is followed by musical compositions which see the violin and the cello as absolute protagonists: the detailed choice of each individual piece is based on the programmatic qualities of each composition, so that the music itself becomes the sonic embodiment of the element it represents.
As a further creative inspiration, during the narration of the text, sounds and images relating to each element are reproduced: thanks to this the audience can experience the sensorial parable of the hero’s journey in an even more engaging way.
Live an experience
sensorial and emotional
one of a kind
As the performance progresses, the spectator is transported towards a state of profound suggestion: the evocative atmosphere created by the union between word, music, image and sound effects becomes a source of indelible emotion, a significant vivification of that ineffable mystery of which the art has always been an inexplicable lover.
Dream
becomes a story
through Music
After the lines recited by the actor, Music represents Elements in this way:
AIR: J.S. BACH, Air on the Fourth String
WATER: M. Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello
EARTH: A. PIAZZOLLA, Escualo – Oblivion – Muerte del Angel
FIRE: J. HALVORSEN, Passacaglia on a theme by Handel
About Us
Massimiliano Lotti – actor
Massimiliano Lotti was born in Rome in 1959. Graduated as an actor at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan in 1984, he has since cultivated professional experience in the theatrical, television and dubbing fields, which over the years has become one of his main working activities, making him an appreciated voice of the screen. His love for the stage does not keep him away from the theatre: for over twenty years, starting from the mid-90s, he has participated in the productions of the research building Teatro Libero Incontroazione in Palermo, directed by Benno Mazzone, where he tackles classical and contemporary repertoire and works in training for young actors.
Since 2003, together with Marco Pagani, he has produced and performed the moving and intense ‘Unknown Recipient’, directed by Gabriele Calindri.
He is the narrator and presenter of the musical recital ‘Dreams’, at the Teatro Coccia in Novara, in 2014 and 2016. In 2019 he is in the cast of the theatrical version of ‘The Exorcist’, produced by the Teatro Nuovo in Milan and directed by Alberto Ferrari.
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THE FIFTH ELEMENT
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From the live concert at the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa
LO SCRITTORE CALOGERO ROTONDO OMAGGIA IL DUO MAX PLANCK
The feeling of the Passion
makes the show an
extraordinary musical jewel of unusual quality and artistic novelty.
The pen of the Sicilian writer, author of famous texts such as “Un posto meraviglioso”
and “Cervelli in fuga”, reviews THE FIFTH ELEMENT.
