italy
The story of the Italian
Visiting Mr. Green is,
like the production itself,
somewhat operatic. A
month into a planned
two-year tour of Italy,
Corrado Pani, the
brilliant theatre and film
star (Rocco in Visconti's
classic Rocco and his
Brothers) died suddenly
in January, 2005.
After an enormous
response by critics and the
public at both Teatro
Vittorio Gassman in
Borgio Verezzi and Teatro
della Cometa in Rome,
the production which also
starred Maximilian Nisi
as Ross Gardiner,
suddenly ended.
Corrado Pani was so
well-respected and so
celebrated for this
performance, that out of
respect for him, it was
decided to let some time
pass before beginning a
new Italian language
production.
Visiting Mr. Green is,
like the production itself,
somewhat operatic. A
month into a planned
two-year tour of Italy,
Corrado Pani, the
brilliant theatre and film
star (Rocco in Visconti's
classic Rocco and his
Brothers) died suddenly
in January, 2005.
After an enormous
response by critics and the
public at both Teatro
Vittorio Gassman in
Borgio Verezzi and Teatro
della Cometa in Rome,
the production which also
starred Maximilian Nisi
as Ross Gardiner,
suddenly ended.
Corrado Pani was so
well-respected and so
celebrated for this
performance, that out of
respect for him, it was
decided to let some time
pass before beginning a
new Italian language
production.
Corrado Pani
Maximilian Nisi