Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio

"The Magic Flute"

Adapted from W. A Mozart-



Papageno sings like a griot, the Queen of the Night speaks through a

gang of Arabs, Prince Tamino loses his voice when he falls in love and

whistles. a long, sweet duel between the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio and

Mozart is coming to life thanks to a mad proposal to bring the Magic Flute and the Orchestra together on stage.

Mario Tronco, the Artistic Director, began to listen to the Opera

again as he had never done before. He had forgotten the popular roots of the

arias in the Magic Flute. He thought that one way to do the opera with the

Orchestra was to approach it as if it had never been written down but

passed on orally through songs and tales across the countries of origin of the

musician’s in the orchestra including all the imperfections in memories and

the transformations that occur when you alter melodies into your

own language.

Starting from this premise, Mario began to give each musician in the

Orchestra a role from the Magic Flute: Ernesto, the Cuban, became Tamino,

Pap, the percussionist from Senegal, became Papageno thanks to the

similarity with his name. For The Magic Flute, the Orchestra will be completed by four special guests: Leandro Piccioni on piano, Sanjay Kansa Banik on tablas, and Sylvie Lewis as Pamina and Petra Magoni as the Queen of the Night--------------



"Sona" (The album)



Sona is a group effort that started at the Piccolo Apollo (our rehearsal space), matured during our concerts, and came together at the Piccolo Apollo which was transformed into a recording studio for the event. It is the conclusion of two year's of work on the part of each musician: coming up with a way to play with others without betraying their individual style.

Not an easy task if you consider the various instruments we were dealing with, and nearly impossible if you consider the diverse artistic and geographic background of the musicians. The OPV is made up of folk, classical, pop, jazz and street artists and the fact that each one of them feels represented by this album truly gives the sense of the entire project. Today, more than ever, the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio belongs to all of them.

Sona is also the felicitous result of two years on tour and more than 130 concerts and the enthusiastic and demonstrative reaction of affectionate audiences. When you play and people respond with warmth and interest, you know that youre on the right track. This album reflects our heartfelt artistic pleasure and it is dedicated to our audiences at every concert.



---------------The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio was conceived and created by Mario Tronco and Agostino Ferrente



A project which stems from the Associazione Apollo 11.