Karénina
open rehearsals in unhappiness
by Emanuele Trevi and Sonia Bergamasco
from the works of Lev Tolstoy
with: Sonia Bergamasco
director: Giuseppe Bertolucci
lighting design: Cesare Accetta
costume: Metka Kosak
produced by: Teatro Franco Parenti - Milano
in collaboration with Centro Culturale Il Funaro
Teatro Franco Parenti – Milan
Performed in Milan at Teatro Franco Parenti, January 2018
- National Theater Critics' Best actress Award for “Karénina prove aperte d’infelicità" (Karénina open rehearsals in unhappiness) - 2012
- Enriquez Prize 2014: «For her magnificent interpretation in "Karénina prove aperte d'infelicità" (Karenina – open rehearsals in unhappiness)»
Karénina
open rehearsals in unhappiness
A piano, an actress, the notes of Tchaikovsky, the words of Tolstoy.
Emanuele Trevi and Sonia Bergamasco began by playing with these primary elements with the lightness, innocence (and wisdom) of two children on the beach and they built a beautiful sandcastle, fragile and intense, which I approached taking care not to spoil the little marvel.
The tides of the staging have risen, the waves have covered everything, but miraculously, the castle is still standing: Ms. Bergamasco’s voice and body have constructed impalpable, indestructible walls cemented by a rare talent, towards which I feel – even before admiration – a sort of wonder tinged with appreciation and gratitude, as happens when you receive a gift.
Giuseppe Bertolucci
- "Appunti su Anna Karénina" by Lella Ravasi - Rivista di Psicologia Analitica no 89, 2014
- Interview to Sonia Bergamasco by Marina Minakova - Yasnaya Polyana, 7 July 2013
- "Un elegante braccio aristocratico" by Alessandro Toppi - Il Pickwick, March 2013
- "Karénina prove aperte d'infelicità" by Marco Pistoia - Davimus review, July 2012
- "Primo: non nascondere" by Maria Grazia Calandrone, April 2012
- "Sonata for solo actress" by Fausto Malcovati - Hystrio 2/2012
- "The Karenina of Sonia Bergamasco – grace, technique and charm" by Sara Chiappori - la Repubblica di Milano, January 2012
Sonia Bergamasco bravely and generously reveals the world of Tolstoy and Anna Karenina
Tolstoy read in a tabloid the news that a woman had fallen head over heels with a certain Count Vronsky and then, in disillusionment, thrown herself under a train. It took him a full four years, however, to finish the masterpiece that is Anna Karenina. Emanuele Trevi and Sonia Bergamasco had the decidedly original idea to retrace that internal creative process – through its depths and fascinations, enthusiasm and discouragement, dozens of drafts – and to interweave it with the novel we know, to create a performance.
Karénina, at the Franco Parenti, is an extremely sophisticated scheme: it takes place within the intimate darkness around and upon a concert grand piano, and comes to life in the supple physicality of Sonia Bergamasco. Barefoot, in a sheer little dress, she gives herself with lightness and innocence fortified by masterful vocal and musical technique (she also plays the piano), guided by director Giuseppe Bertolucci with ceremonial delicacy. A little gem: one that restores intact to spectators the very feelings that present themselves to us.
Anna Bandettini – la Repubblica, 29 january 2012
