"Aiutami" from "The Light in the Piazza"

Frenchwoods Festival of the Performing Arts Production of "The Light in the Piazza" 2009

"Aiutami," featuring Clint Boylan, Ethan Saviet, Gabe Greenspan, Amanda Turen, Madeleine Stern

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• FWF
• Piazza
• Lincoln Center
• Aiutami
• Ethan Saviet
• Gabe Greenspan
• Amanda Turen
• Madeleine Stern
• Clint Boylan
• Beth Schaefer
• David Valentine
• the light in the piazza
• Kelli O'hara

[Paint]

This is such a difficult song to sing. Great job guys!

[clintobean92]

Looking back on this video I admit there are many things I wish I could fix. But, as it was stated before, we were 16-17 year-olds trying to conquer an extremely difficult show while also performing in other productions as major roles. I stand by my performance whole heartedly. It was an amazing experience from which I have grown substantially. I appreciate everything the directors gave me. Remember, we too are human and have feelings, so please keep your criticism constructive and not cruel.

[dv184300]

@thaddadian perhaps there are many things going on with the level of performance. This production was rehearsed for one hour a day for four weeks. All of these teenagers were also leads in other shows at the same time. Learning multiple roles at the same time is a crazy thing. When it comes to youth theatre, the experience of playing a role and the journey each student takes growing along the way always comes first.

[thaddadian]

@DravdeGeirg i just finished the light in the piazza last week... with foothill theater workshop... i was guissepie... i learned everything fine... we had 6 weeks... thats it... the fabrisio performer came 4 weeks late... so he only had two weeks to perform... TWO WEEKS.... and he had perfect Italian diction... look.... it all depends on the director... in my case, we had a good one,... in this videos case... they had a bad one... im sorry, but its the truth.

[DravdeGeirg]

@thaddadian Frenchwoods is a camp! Before you go around insulting the actors, take into consideration that they are 14-17, and they only have a few weeks to put on such a difficult show. Incase you hadn't noticed, that is not enough time to learn Italian fluently. How about you say something good about it, which I personally think would not be that hard with such an excellent production, instead of ranting about his slightly incorrect Italian.

[thaddadian]

this is just sad and pathetic... the singer for Fabrizio cant even speak italian correctly... who ever directed this scene should be replaced – permanently!

[vanilladioxide]

or F#'s... i dunno

[vanilladioxide]

You belt those F's Franca

[thebluflame]

I also believe it would have been better had a real speaker of Italian instructed the actors. Was this an honors festival? If so, Frenchwood needs to take more care in what it presents.

[thebluflame]

Not going to lie: this was not great. Whoever changed the Italian was wrong to do so. "Amore" is masculine no matter who it refers to.