●Duration is 135 mins with 20 mins intermission.
●Performed in English with Chinese surtitles.
●Suitable for age 6+.Children under age 6 need to be accompanied by an adult.
●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
●10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
●25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
●Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
Compagnia Finzi Pasca presents La Verità
La Verità combines acrobatics, theatre, dance and music, inspired by a backdrop painted by Salvador Dalì for his Tristan fou in the 1940’s in New York. 11 multi-talented artists move and live-sing in a succession of images that lead us through surrealism, a love story, and a reflection about the truth, giving birth to an acrobatic poem.
Compagnia Finzi Pasca
The distinctive poetics of the Compagnia Finzi Pasca took shape from the concepts of the Theatre of the Caress and the Invisible Gesture.
Developed over the course of thirty-five years, these concepts have consolidated a unique aesthetic and a very personal style of creativity and production, together with a philosophy of training for the actor, acrobat, musician, dancer and technician – a way of inhabiting the space. Theatre, dance, acrobatics, circus, opera and documentary all come together in the work of the Compagnia Finzi Pasca.
The company was founded by Antonio Vergamini, Daniele Finzi Pasca, Hugo Gargiulo, Julie Hamelin Finzi and Maria Bonzanigo in 2011, continuing the work of the Teatro Sunil and of Inlevitas.
Based in Lugano (Switzerland), in its career it created 3 Olympic Ceremonies (Turin 2006 and Sochi 2014, both Olympic and Paralympic Games), 2 shows for the Cirque du Soleil: Luzia in 2016 and Corteo in 2005 (for the latter, 9 million spectators in a 10-year world tour), 5 Operas of which Aida and Verdi’s Requiem are officially part of the Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) yearly program (moreover: Carmen and Pagliacci at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and Love from Afar for the English National Opera, London). And then: Avudo, a multimedia show that combines video mapping, lights and water fountains for the city of Montreal (249,000 spectators in 4 months) and the next Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers Festival) in 2019, an event that takes place every 25 years in Vevey (Switzerland) for 400,000 spectators. Currently, the company has 5 shows on tour: Per te (2016), Bianco su Bianco (2014), La Verità (2013), Donka (2010) and Icaro (1991).
Other international projects and a new touring show are in preparation.
Daniele Finzi Pasca｜Co-founder of Compagnia Finzi Pasca, Author, director, choreographer, lighting designer and actor
Daniele Finzi Pasca lives in three worlds at once: stage directing, circus arts, and the art of clowning. Born into a family steeped in the arts, he starts his career as a gymnast and becomes a circus artist before delving into the world of theatre. In 1983, he heads to India where he volunteers to care for terminally ill patients in Calcutta. On his return to Switzerland, with Maria Bonzanigo and his brother Marco he creates the company Teatro Sunil and its peculiar vision of the art of clowning, dance and acting: a theatrical technique they name the “Theatre of the Caress” With Teatro Sunil he creates and directs around 30 shows depicting a profound sense of humanity and playfulness, performed in about 20 countries. In 1991 he writes Icaro, a monologue imagined for a single spectator that he performs nearly 800 times, in 6 languages, still on tour. In 2009 he co-founds Inlevitas with his wife Julie Hamelin Finzi, aiming to create and develop various artistic projects, where the opera L’Amour de Loin (Love from Afar) for the English National Opera London is its first production.
In 2011, together with Antonio Vergamini, Hugo Gargiulo, Julie Hamelin Finzi and Maria Bonzanigo, he co-founds Compagnia Finzi Pasca and continues creating and directing numerous shows like Donka – A Letter to Chekhov (a production with The Chekhov International Theater Festival, coproduced with Vidy-Lausanne Theater to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Anton Chekhov), La Verità, Bianco su Bianco and Per te (the latter dedicated to the life of his wife Julie), lyric operas like Verdi’s Requiem and Aida (with Maestro Valery Gergiev) for Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Pagliacci (Maestro Donato Renzetti) and Carmen (Maestro Zubin Metha), both for Teatro San Carlo in Naples, big events like 3 Olympic ceremonies (for Turin and Sochi Olympic and Paralympic Games, in 2006 and 2014 respectively), 2 shows for Cirque du Soleil (Corteo with 8,400,000 spectators on a 10-year tour, back in 2018 and Luzia, ongoing since 2016), Montréal Avudo a multimedia outdoor show on the banks of Montreal’s river for the city’s 375th anniversary (2017) and also the next Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers’ Festival) in 2019, a celebration held in Vevey (Switzerland) every 25 years approximately.
Daniele published some books: a collection of short stories, two dramaturgies of his shows, a novel, a novella and a long interview-book by Facundo Ponce de León, Daniele Finzi Pasca. Teatro de la caricia, appeared in various languages. Other projects are on the making.
Amongst many recognitions (e.g. 3 nominations in Broadway for Rain, 2006), Daniele received the Montréal English Critics Circle Award (MECCA) 2009 for Icaro, the Hans Reinhart Ring (2012), the highest distinction of Swiss theatre for his lifelong contribution to the performing arts and the Best Director of Circus Performance Award 2016 (Russia) for La Verità
Creators and Team on tour
Creators
Daniele Finzi Pasca | Author, Director, Lighting and Choreographies Co-designer
Julie Hamelin Finzi | Creative Director, Producer and Contributing Script Writer
Maria Bonzanigo | Music, Sound Designer and Choreographies Co-designer
Hugo Gargiulo | Set and Props Designer
Antonio Vergamini | Executive Producer and Artistic Consultant
Giovanna Buzzi | Costumes Designer
Alexis Bowles | Lighting Co-designer
Roberto Vitalini - bashiba.com | Video Designer
Geneviève Dupéré | General Stage Manager for Creation and Assistant Director
Chiqui Barbé | Make-up and Hairstyle Designer
Marc Laliberté | Director of Production
Fabrizio Arigoni | Artistic Consultant
Facundo Ponce de León | Researcher
Toni Vighetto | Choreographic Sculptures Creator
Mariève Hémond | Carré Creator
Annie-Kim Déry | Carré Choreography
Daniel Cyr | Cyr Wheel Creator
Tour team
On Stage
Andrée-Anne Gingras-Roy, Beatriz Sayad, David Menes, Jess Gardolin, Evelyne Laforest, Félix Salas, Francesco Lanciotti, Marco Paoletti, Micol Veglia, Rolando Tarquini and Stéphane Gentilini
Technical Team
Patrizia Capellari | Tour Manager
Allegra Spernanzoni | Stage Manager
Jens Leclerc | Head Rigger
Pietro Maspero | Technical Director and Head of Light
Alessandro Napoli | Head of Sound and Video
Nicolò Baggio | Carpenter
Sarai Gomez Peralta | International Development and Booking Agent
Photo｜Viviana Cangialosi / Compagnia Finzi Pasca
Creation Partners｜OSI Orchestra della Svizzera italiana、RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera、 City of Lugano、Cantone Ticino、Pro Helvetia、Place des Arts、Maison de la Culture Nevers et de la Nièvre、Scène Nationale de Bayonne – Sud Aquitain、Ernst Göhner Stiftung、Sintetica – Research Partner、AIL SA
With the support of｜
For three years, the original backdrop painted by Salvador Dali “Tristan Fou” was part of the show. Nowadays, a certified replica of the backdrop is used in the show
Compagnia Finzi Pasca presents La Verità
La Verità combines acrobatics, theatre, dance and music, inspired by a backdrop painted by Salvador Dalì for his Tristan fou in the 1940’s in New York. 11 multi-talented artists move and live-sing in a succession of images that lead us through surrealism, a love story, and a reflection about the truth, giving birth to an acrobatic poem.
Compagnia Finzi Pasca
The distinctive poetics of the Compagnia Finzi Pasca took shape from the concepts of the Theatre of the Caress and the Invisible Gesture.
Developed over the course of thirty-five years, these concepts have consolidated a unique aesthetic and a very personal style of creativity and production, together with a philosophy of training for the actor, acrobat, musician, dancer and technician – a way of inhabiting the space. Theatre, dance, acrobatics, circus, opera and documentary all come together in the work of the Compagnia Finzi Pasca.
The company was founded by Antonio Vergamini, Daniele Finzi Pasca, Hugo Gargiulo, Julie Hamelin Finzi and Maria Bonzanigo in 2011, continuing the work of the Teatro Sunil and of Inlevitas.
Based in Lugano (Switzerland), in its career it created 3 Olympic Ceremonies (Turin 2006 and Sochi 2014, both Olympic and Paralympic Games), 2 shows for the Cirque du Soleil: Luzia in 2016 and Corteo in 2005 (for the latter, 9 million spectators in a 10-year world tour), 5 Operas of which Aida and Verdi’s Requiem are officially part of the Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) yearly program (moreover: Carmen and Pagliacci at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and Love from Afar for the English National Opera, London). And then: Avudo, a multimedia show that combines video mapping, lights and water fountains for the city of Montreal (249,000 spectators in 4 months) and the next Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers Festival) in 2019, an event that takes place every 25 years in Vevey (Switzerland) for 400,000 spectators. Currently, the company has 5 shows on tour: Per te (2016), Bianco su Bianco (2014), La Verità (2013), Donka (2010) and Icaro (1991).
Other international projects and a new touring show are in preparation.
Daniele Finzi Pasca｜Co-founder of Compagnia Finzi Pasca, Author, director, choreographer, lighting designer and actor
Daniele Finzi Pasca lives in three worlds at once: stage directing, circus arts, and the art of clowning. Born into a family steeped in the arts, he starts his career as a gymnast and becomes a circus artist before delving into the world of theatre. In 1983, he heads to India where he volunteers to care for terminally ill patients in Calcutta. On his return to Switzerland, with Maria Bonzanigo and his brother Marco he creates the company Teatro Sunil and its peculiar vision of the art of clowning, dance and acting: a theatrical technique they name the “Theatre of the Caress” With Teatro Sunil he creates and directs around 30 shows depicting a profound sense of humanity and playfulness, performed in about 20 countries. In 1991 he writes Icaro, a monologue imagined for a single spectator that he performs nearly 800 times, in 6 languages, still on tour. In 2009 he co-founds Inlevitas with his wife Julie Hamelin Finzi, aiming to create and develop various artistic projects, where the opera L’Amour de Loin (Love from Afar) for the English National Opera London is its first production.
In 2011, together with Antonio Vergamini, Hugo Gargiulo, Julie Hamelin Finzi and Maria Bonzanigo, he co-founds Compagnia Finzi Pasca and continues creating and directing numerous shows like Donka – A Letter to Chekhov (a production with The Chekhov International Theater Festival, coproduced with Vidy-Lausanne Theater to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Anton Chekhov), La Verità, Bianco su Bianco and Per te (the latter dedicated to the life of his wife Julie), lyric operas like Verdi’s Requiem and Aida (with Maestro Valery Gergiev) for Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Pagliacci (Maestro Donato Renzetti) and Carmen (Maestro Zubin Metha), both for Teatro San Carlo in Naples, big events like 3 Olympic ceremonies (for Turin and Sochi Olympic and Paralympic Games, in 2006 and 2014 respectively), 2 shows for Cirque du Soleil (Corteo with 8,400,000 spectators on a 10-year tour, back in 2018 and Luzia, ongoing since 2016), Montréal Avudo a multimedia outdoor show on the banks of Montreal’s river for the city’s 375th anniversary (2017) and also the next Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers’ Festival) in 2019, a celebration held in Vevey (Switzerland) every 25 years approximately.
Daniele published some books: a collection of short stories, two dramaturgies of his shows, a novel, a novella and a long interview-book by Facundo Ponce de León, Daniele Finzi Pasca. Teatro de la caricia, appeared in various languages. Other projects are on the making.
Amongst many recognitions (e.g. 3 nominations in Broadway for Rain, 2006), Daniele received the Montréal English Critics Circle Award (MECCA) 2009 for Icaro, the Hans Reinhart Ring (2012), the highest distinction of Swiss theatre for his lifelong contribution to the performing arts and the Best Director of Circus Performance Award 2016 (Russia) for La Verità
Creators and Team on tour
Creators
Daniele Finzi Pasca | Author, Director, Lighting and Choreographies Co-designer
Julie Hamelin Finzi | Creative Director, Producer and Contributing Script Writer
Maria Bonzanigo | Music, Sound Designer and Choreographies Co-designer
Hugo Gargiulo | Set and Props Designer
Antonio Vergamini | Executive Producer and Artistic Consultant
Giovanna Buzzi | Costumes Designer
Alexis Bowles | Lighting Co-designer
Roberto Vitalini - bashiba.com | Video Designer
Geneviève Dupéré | General Stage Manager for Creation and Assistant Director
Chiqui Barbé | Make-up and Hairstyle Designer
Marc Laliberté | Director of Production
Fabrizio Arigoni | Artistic Consultant
Facundo Ponce de León | Researcher
Toni Vighetto | Choreographic Sculptures Creator
Mariève Hémond | Carré Creator
Annie-Kim Déry | Carré Choreography
Daniel Cyr | Cyr Wheel Creator
Tour team
On Stage
Andrée-Anne Gingras-Roy, Beatriz Sayad, David Menes, Jess Gardolin, Evelyne Laforest, Félix Salas, Francesco Lanciotti, Marco Paoletti, Micol Veglia, Rolando Tarquini and Stéphane Gentilini
Technical Team
Patrizia Capellari | Tour Manager
Allegra Spernanzoni | Stage Manager
Jens Leclerc | Head Rigger
Pietro Maspero | Technical Director and Head of Light
Alessandro Napoli | Head of Sound and Video
Nicolò Baggio | Carpenter
Sarai Gomez Peralta | International Development and Booking Agent
Photo｜Viviana Cangialosi / Compagnia Finzi Pasca
Creation Partners｜OSI Orchestra della Svizzera italiana、RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera、 City of Lugano、Cantone Ticino、Pro Helvetia、Place des Arts、Maison de la Culture Nevers et de la Nièvre、Scène Nationale de Bayonne – Sud Aquitain、Ernst Göhner Stiftung、Sintetica – Research Partner、AIL SA
With the support of｜
For three years, the original backdrop painted by Salvador Dali “Tristan Fou” was part of the show. Nowadays, a certified replica of the backdrop is used in the show
●Duration is 135 mins with 20 mins intermission.
●Performed in English with Chinese surtitles.
●Suitable for age 6+.Children under age 6 need to be accompanied by an adult.
●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
●10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
●25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
●Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
