Palazzo
Fortuny: Restoration of the Mariano Fortuny’s Bayreuth Theatre model. Donations
are open, buy a virtual seat for yourself and your friends and contribute to
the restoration of the Mariano Fortuny’s Bayreuth Theatre model, which urgently
needs your help. Seating according to color are inspired by certain
Wagnerian works that Mariano Fortuny depicted in paintings and
etchings: YELLOW: Flower Maidens (E 200 $ 280) running after each other and playing in Parsifal:
RED: Wotan (E 100
$140), the King of the Gods found in the tetralogy The Ring of the
Nibelung; BLUE: Sieglinde (E 50 $ 70), Sigmund’s sister in The Valkyrie and
finally PURPLE: Mime (E 25 $ 35), a character present both in The Rhine
Gold and Siegfried. For more information contact The Venice Foundation.
Palazzo
Fortuny: Restoration of the Mariano Fortuny’s Bayreuth Theatre model. Since
1891 Mariano Fortuny was completely captivated by the allure of the
staging of Wagner’s theatre, however many years passed before he
concretely measured himself against the theatre experimenting at length with
both lighting and technology and the preparation of scenographic
sketches. It was in fact starting with the realization of scenographies
linked to the works of Wagner that this model was born in 1903. Made of
wood and metal and now kept in the atelier, it is a reconstruction of
the layout and the risers of the setting of the German Bayreuth Theatre. This model is an intricate and complex
system made up of small cables, electrical power transformers and light bulbs;
of wings and scenes depicted on cardboard.
Palazzo
Fortuny: Restoration of the Mariano Fortuny’s Bayreuth Theatre model. Just to
give you an idea of the sorry state the model is in.
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