Russell Crowe and Italy share a special relationship, which is celebrated with a full calendar of concerts on the peninsula. But even more unique is the feeling with the Capital, which is inextricably linked to Ridley Scott's film, which made the great Australian actor a global ambassador for Rome. Following Sunday's stage performance at the Temple of Venus with a massive crowd against the backdrop of the Colosseum, "Gladiator" will headline a VIP immersive concert at the Forum Theatre in Piazza Euclide, Rome, on June 26 and 27. The Forum Theatre's new immersive space, where you can breathe in the history and atmosphere of Forum Studios, the adjacent recording studios founded over a half-century ago by the absolute masters of film music Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovajoli, Piero Piccioni, and Luis Bacalov, is the perfect synthesis of Crowe's love of music and cinema. The hall in Piazza Euclide is actually a surprising "magic box" capable of transporting spectators into a multisensory experience made up of sounds and images, and the original set-up planned for the actor's concerts in the rocker version allows for a direct, almost intimate relationship with what happens on stage. The power of rock is thus poured into the room not only through sound and light, but also through "videomapping" technology, which cancels the theater walls and projects suggestions in breathtaking sequences. The unique opportunity to experience the performance "face to face" with the artist, between covers "to which the dust has been removed", as the actor-musician points out, and stories from a life in cinema and music. The tried-and-true formula is the same one Crowe has been bringing to the world for years: "Indoor Garden Party" is a party, almost like a get-together with friends, to make music and drink beer.
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