Paolo Emilio Landi is an Italian theatrical director, journalist, and documentarian. He has filmed worldwide a number of documentaries for RAI (National Italian Broadcasting Company). He directed plays at several different theatres in the US, in Russian Federation and former Soviet Union.
Theater
editLandi made his professional directing debut with the Italian national premiere of After Magritte (1986), by the English author Tom Stoppard.[1] with scenery designed by the American painter Jack Frankfurter. His following production, The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco,[2][3] was performed in Italy,[4] France (Avignon Festival), the USA (Richmond, Virginia), and Russia (Omsk and Saratov).
After the fall of the Berlin Wall he continued his career in former URSS. In 1990 he worked in the previously closed town of Omsk.[5] Omsk Drama Theatre, Russia[6] He was the first director to stage an absurdist play, The Bald Soprano, in a Russian State Academic Theatre of the USSR.[7][8]
He went on to stage 30 shows in academic and public theaters in cities throughout Russia and Eastern Europe, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Omsk,[9] Samara, Saratov,[10][11] Riga,[12] Vilnius, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk. and Ufa.[13]
In the late nineties Paolo Emilio Landi traveled to the United States for his production of The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.[14][15][16] He then began a long association with the University of Richmond (Virginia) where he has been visiting scholar and instructor of theater and documentary-making.[17] During his time at the university he specialized in creating experimental works with students and faculty.[18]
Television
editIn 1982 Landi began collaborating with the television program Protestantesimo on Raidue (the State Italian Broadcasting Company) as a director, journalist and host. During his time with the 50-year old program, he produced hundreds of news stories, documentaries, musical programs and studio interviews.[19]
In 2001 he became a member of the Order of Journalists of Lazio. He has directed and produced documentaries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.[20]
For Rai WORLD,[21] (The Other Italy), he filmed more than 200 portraits of Italians living in South Africa, mostly in the cities of Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban.
In 2015 Landi released a documentary on Nelson Mandela, broadcast on Italy's RAIDUE, as well as France 2,[22] RSI [23] (the Italian Swiss Broadcasting company) and RTS (the French Swiss broadcasting company)[24]
Landi most recent film work includes three documentaries shot in Washington, DC and New York City, USA. They are: L'ultimo giorno (9.11.2001) (The Last Day); So Help Me God (Trump at the White House); 100 giorni di Trump. (Trump's First Hundred Days). He filmed the last interview with late Winnie Madizikela Mandela.
International theatre productions
editUSA
- The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, adaptation by Jeff Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, with Lee Ernst in the title role, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1999.
- The Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, University of Richmond, VA, 2002.
- The Chairs and The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco, University of Richmond, VA, 2006.
- The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, adaptation by Jeff Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, Newark, Delaware REP, 2013.[25]
- Heir Apparent by David Ives, Quill Theater, Richmond, VA.[26]
Russia
- The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco. State Omsk Drama Theatre, 1991.
- Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 1995.
- Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 1998.
- Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, Samara Drama National Theatre (Russia), 2000.
- Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, Saratov Youth Theatre, 2001.
- Man and Gentleman by Eduardo De Filippo, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 2002.
- Ladies' Night by J. Collard, Samara Drama National Theatre, 2002.
- Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, adaptation by Jeff Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi,[27] Saratov Youth Theatre, 2003.
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? from H. Mc Coy, adaptation by Dmitri Lebedev e Paolo E. Landi, Samara Drama National Theatre (Russia), 2004.
- Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni,( Carnevale Edition) - Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2005.
- Noises Off by Michael Frayn, Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2006.
- Imaginary Invalid by Molière, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 2008.
- Chairs & Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco,[28] Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2008.
- Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, State Chelyabinsk Drama Theatre, 2009.
- Miser by Molière, Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2009.
- Love of the Three Oranges by Carlo Gozzi, Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2010
- Naples Town of Millionaires by Eduardo de Filippo, Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2011.
- Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, Teatro Na Taganka, Moscow (Russia) 2011.
- Bullets over Broadway from Woody Allen's movie, Samara Drama National Theatre, 2013
- Pinocchio adaptation from Carlo Collodi's novel, Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2014.[29]
- Man and Gentleman by Eduardo De Filippo, Samara Drama National Theatre, 2015
- Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, 2015.
- The Fool's doctor by Eduardo Scarpetta, Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2018.
- Neapolitan Holiday by Eduardo Scarpetta, Yaroslav Academic Theatre, Volkov, Yaroslav, Russian Federation, 2019.
Lithuania
- SMS, All about man ( Strip man show aka Viskas Apie Vyrus) by Paolo E. Landi, Jaunimo Teatras, Vilnius, 2004, in Lithuanian.
- Triukšmas Už Kulisų - Noises Off by Michael Frayn, Jaunimo Teatras, Vilnius, 2007, in Lithuanian.
- Vargsai. Aristokratai by Eduardo Scarpetta, Jaunimo Teatras, Vilnius, 2007, in Lithuanian.
Latvia
- The Man, the Best, the Virtue by Luigi Pirandello, Riga Russian National Drama Theatre, 1993.
- Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, Riga Russian National Drama Theatre, 2008.
- Man and Gentleman by Eduardo De Filippo, Riga Russian National Drama Theatre, 2011.
- Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, 2013.
France
- La Cantatrice Chauve by Eugene Ionesco, Festival d'Avignon, 1995.
Germany
- Tragedies in two lines, by Achille Campanile, 1992.
Books
edit- Giorgio Bouchard, Paolo Emilio Landi, Bibbia e libertà - Otto secoli di storia valdese, Claudiana, Torino, 2006
- Carlo Goldoni translated and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, Dramatist Play service INC, 2000
- Paolo Emilio Landi, In Nome di Dio - Guerra di religione nelle Isole Molucche, Sinnos, Roma, 2000
References
edit- ^ Lucio Romeo – Ionesco più Agatha Christie. Risultato: Tom Stoppard. IL TEMPO May 27, 1987
- ^ Newspaper Franco Cordelli – Piccolo gruppo, grande successo – Europeo March 12, 1991.
- ^ Marcantonio Lucidi – Folle, esilarante teatro dell'assurdo – Il messaggero, February 12, 1991
- ^ Giorgio Serafini – Comicità anticomica di uno Ionesco da corsa – Il Tempo
- ^ ""Омский государственный академический театр драмы"". Омский академический театр драмы.
- ^ Ekaterina Nartimova, Komsomolskaja pravda, 2008
- ^ L. Trubyzina – Let the absurd cross the stage – Vecerny Omsk, May 8, 1991
- ^ Ludmila Pershina – What is our life? Absurd – Rampa – May 9, 1991
- ^ Oksana Dubonos - Director Paolo Landi about Russian Pride - Business Kurs, April 4, 2008
- ^ Irina Kraynova - Italians again in Russia - Volskij Vestnick - June 8, 2006
- ^ Комнацкая, Василий Зимин, Стас Авдеев, дизайнер Анастасия. "Культура Саратова - Театры - Академический театр юного зрителя им. Ю.П. Киселёва - Спектакль "Брак по итальянски"". www.saratov-kultura.ru.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Julia Tereshenko - The Red Butterfly of Pirandello - Baltiskaja Gazeta - January 1993
- ^ Tamara Abrosimoba - A day in town, and at night? Theatre - Den v Gorode - Ufa 2006
- ^ Alice Anne Conner - Comedy with Italian Accent - KENOSHA NEWS 1999,
- ^ Damien Jacques - The Italian Connection - MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Feb 14, 1999.
- ^ "Last Chance: Goldoni's Two Masters To Leave Milwaukee Rep, March 28". Playbill.
- ^ "University of Richmond Players and Dancers to Present Comedy "Venetian Twins"". University of Richmond.
- ^ "Famed Italian director brings flair to language classroom". University of Richmond News.
- ^ "Protestantesimo-Raidue: la prima puntata del 2018 dedicata alla Costituzione italiana". Nev (in Italian). 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Paolo Emilio Landi". RAI.
- ^ "Community - L'altra Italia". Rai Italia.
- ^ "Programme TV - Présence protestante - L'Église de Mandela". Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Segni dei tempi". Radiotelevisione svizzera.
- ^ "L'Eglise de Mandela". Radio Télévision Suisse.
- ^ "Nov. 14-Dec. 8: 'Servant of Two Masters'". UDaily.
- ^ "Quill Theatre's 'The Heir Apparent' aims to raise the bar with help from UR's award winning director Paolo Emilio Landi". GayRVA.
- ^ News Central - Roman Holydays - July 22, 2004
- ^ Saratov Panorama - Not such a nonsense as they say - Oct.1.2010
- ^ Saratov Regional Magazine - The novel appears... - May 22, 2014