Pinocchio, burattino di talento
(Pinocchio, the talented puppet) (2001)Libretto by Paolo Madron, based on 'Le avventure di Pinocchio' by C. Collodi; German version by Hanna Francesconi; English version by Benjamin Gordon; Spanish version by Pablo Valdes (I,G,E,S)
S,B,11 child soloists; children's chorus; 1.1.1.1-2.1.0.0-perc:3timp/hit-hat/susp.cym/tamb.basque/2wdbl/3tom-t/2SD/BD/2cowbell/bongos-
5amateur perc:guiro/glsp/cym/tgl/claves/cowbell/maracas/b.conga/2t.bells-strings(6.5.4.3.2);
Marionette band: recorders(ca. 30)-BD(parade)-military drum-cym;
Marionette orchestra: 3rec-tgl-glsp-metallophones(2S,A,B)
Abbreviations (PDF)
B&B
"Valtinoni’s score shows an ability to modulate the stylistic suggestions according to the dramatic context. In the context of a language that is generally open to effective communicativeness, the agile orchestral team is flanked by a piano and drums. Rhythms, colours and expressive shading are graded with effective and extrovert elegance, moving from the unrestrained samba of Pinocchio ... to more sophisticated studies that seem to take on the elegance of the ‘Groupe des Six’, or certain detached Stravinsky geometries. The vocal character is extensive, functional to the text and the story, condensed into short ariosos, more often recited but softly ... It is easy to predict that the public’s enthusiasm will always be sky-high" (L’Opera)