Digital Set Design • Contemporary Opera
A Sweet Silence in Cremona
Digital set design for the contemporary opera by Mark Campbell and Roberto Scarcella Perino, inspired by the Sound Bank of Cremona.
Digital Set Design • Contemporary Opera
Digital set design for the contemporary opera by Mark Campbell and Roberto Scarcella Perino, inspired by the Sound Bank of Cremona.
Client
Teatro Ponchielli / Center for Contemporary Opera NYC
Year
2022
Location
Cremona, Italy
Services
Digital Set Design, Illustration, Animation
"A Sweet Silence in Cremona" is a contemporary opera with a libretto by Mark Campbell — Pulitzer and Grammy winner — and music by Roberto Scarcella Perino. A co-production between Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona and the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York, with sets and costumes by Tommaso Lagattola and direction by Cecilia Ligorio.
Imaginarium handled the entire illustration and animation project within the set design. The opera is inspired by the Sound Bank, the January 2019 event during which the streets around the Violin Museum and the G. Arvedi Auditorium in Cremona were closed to traffic to record four masterpiece violins — an event covered by The New York Times.
The plot interweaves seven human lives (and a dog) in the Cremona of those days. Imaginarium's illustrations, animated and projected on stage, create a visual universe that amplifies the musical narrative, transforming the set design into a living character of the opera.
“Closed streets, silence, four masterpiece violins playing. From that extraordinary moment, an opera is born that interweaves seven lives.”
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