Jazz Opera
PHILIP MAZZEI
An Italian American hero…in America

From an Idea by Francesco Fulcini
Music by Ronald McIntyre & Govinda Gari
Libretto by Paolo Tartamella
Directed by Vittorio Capotorto

World Premiere to open July 12, 2007 at Central Park.

Sunny, brave, hungry of life: Philip Mazzei is the ultimate Italian American icon. Not only as a clever trader of Italian products in Turkey, England, and especially America. Not only as an ambassador of style, who took the Italian tailoring in the wardrobe of the Founding Fathers of United States. But mostly for his passion in spreading the values of freedom and respect for life, that only a restless and generous traveller like him could really understand.

Like many historic figures, Philip Mazzei distinguishes himself for his public acts, but also for an enthralling private life. Teatromania strives to go through the bio surface of this yet little known man, to tell the drama of all of those who, chasing their dreams, choose to live between two different worlds.

The show, developed by artists of both countries, combines the long tradition of Italian theater of telling everyday life, to the ability of the American musical to gather people around big stories. To achieve these results the original idea of Francesco Fulcini, has been developed with the original music score from Ron Mc Intyre, and the inspired and experienced direction of Vittorio Capotorto.