THEto music by Giuseppe Verdi, of Schubert and the melodrama merge with The personal story of the passionate Maria that with the two daughters runs away from Naples Dreaming of the stage of the Milan Scala. Set in the mid -nineteenth century, costume fiction Belcanto (at 9.30 pm on Rai 1) is directed by Carmine Elia and features Vittoria Puccini.
Suffocated by a violent husbandMary transmits her passion for lyrical singing to her daughter Antonia, on which It focuses all in the name of a personal redemption. Ignoring the innate gift that has the other daughter, Carolina.
Belcanto On Rai 1, the plot of the first episode, previews
Naples. 1847. Maria (Puccini) accompanies the firstborn Antonia (Caterina Ferioli) 17 years at the theater for an audition of Queen of the night. To observe it, hidden behind the scenes, there is also Carolina (Adriana Savarese), the sister of a smaller year, the rebel of the two. Maria has always sang and now she has transmitted her passion for Belcanto to Antoniaon which he focuses everything for a social redemption.
Of the lyrical song does not even want to hear Mary’s husband speak, Iginio (Antonio Gerardi). He is a man violent And a master father, who manages the activities of wife and daughters through the streets of Naples: treated on a par with slaves, they earn to live as street scammers. Maria plans to escape to Milan, where Antonia is required after the audition. Iginio discovers their plan and forces Maria to work in a tuff quarry. But Carolina, the independent and courageous younger sister, manages to organize the escape to the North.
Vittoria Puccini e Caterina Ferioli In “Belcanto”. (Courtesy Press Office)
Along the way they come across Domenico (Carmine Rietano), A smoker of rifles and owner of a Milanese inn. They manage to get a passage but, nShe dominated by the Austrians, they discover that Antonia has lost the role with which she should have debuted. They ask for help from Domenico who offers them food and accommodation in his tavern: In return they will serve at the tables.
Belcanto: the social redemption of three women in Milan of 1847. It is not a true story
Mary does not break down. Keep chasing his dream. In Milan he meets an old friend, true, to whom his passion for singing binds her. Thanks to her he manages to have an interview with the severe master Crescenzi (Vincenzo Ferrara), but not an audition to Antonia.
There could be another possibility: to meet Giacomo Lotti (Andrea Bosca), a very famous tenor, whom Mary knows well. Yes in fact he senses that the two hide a secret And a tormented past: May Antonia be the daughter of the tenor? Mary has no intention of asking for help from him.
Vittoria Puccini in “Belcanto”. (Courtesy Press Office)
Meanwhile, Carolina looks for someone to ask to write a letter to send to her love, Saveriowho left to Naples after the escape with his mother and sister. To raise some spley lies to sing the Ave Maria on the streets of Milanand listening to her is the master Crescenzi who remains struck by his voice and transport. Carolina manages to send the love letter with the help of Enrico (Giacomo Giorgio)he too remained speechless from the girl’s performance.
Belcanto: the cast of the TV series with Vittoria Puccini
Vittoria Puccini plays Maria, a woman who has a dream And that, to make it, focuses everything on the eldest daughter. “One of the themes of the series is: how much a child is the result of the aspiration of a parent? – said the actress – How many parents project their ambitions and frustrations on their children?». Mary does not trust men anymorebut the meeting with Domenico (Carmine Rietano) will help him let himself go. The man sells the rifles under the revolutionaries under the revolutionaries to try to overturn the power of the Austrians.
Caterina Ferioli is Antonia, the mother’s favorite: she will go beyond all limit in order to realize her dream. Carolina (Adriana Savarese), the rebel of the two, is the daughter mistreated and considered the last wheel of the cart. Mary almost seems to hate her. Thanks to the meeting with Enrico (Giacomo Giorgio) it becomes account of its value. Andrea Bosca plays Giacomo Lotti, a famous tenor who trod the stage of the scale. Reviewing him, Maria will have to deal with the past.
The locations of the fiction and the world of lyric
The series consists of 8 episodes (divided into 4 evenings) whose titles recall the main arias and protagonists of Belcanto. Those of the first episode are The queen of the night And Ave Marito. By bringing the personal story of hope and passion of Mary to the screen, the series also tells The universe of the opera and its timeless masterpieces. If, therefore, the story told is not a true story, However, the historical context is true and realistic In is set. How some of the characters that the protagonists meet have existed.
Filming took place between Lazio, Campania and Lombardy. More specifically in Tivoli, where the mid -nineteenth -century Naples was reborn. But there is also room for the real Naples with its very recognizable Piazza del Plebiscito.
Stezzano stand out in Lombardy, in Bergamasco, with Villa Caroli Zanchi, Brescia, and Pavia With Strada Nuova, returned to the 19th century, and the Frashini Theater, transformed into the Milan Scala. There is also in Piacenza, between Piazza Sant’Antonino and the municipal theater.
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