The MEG and the Grand Théâtre de Genève join forces for a special Apéropéra around Madame Butterfly, in dialogue with the museum’s permanent collection. Expect a vibrant urban aperitif with live musical performances, sprinkled with contemporary anecdotes that offer a fresh, witty take on the opera.
Directed by Geneviève Pasquier and performed by Vincent Babel, LETTRE À MON DICTATEUR stages Eugène’s cathartic gesture of writing to Nicolae Ceauşescu. The production blends intimate monologue with archival echoes, folding fragments of Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue into a jazz-tinged score that punctuates memory and revelation. The creative space favors spare tableaux, tactile sound textures and a nimble rhythm that offsets historical weight with mischievous warmth, transforming personal trauma into a tender, witty coming-of-age confession.
In French.
An exceptional public release of an institutional costume archive, presenting nearly 15,000 garments, accessories and shoes from opera and dance productions. Institutional costume artisans’ handcrafted pieces range from Renaissance silhouettes to 2000s stagewear, juxtaposing historical tailoring with imaginative theatrical creations. The presentation highlights material workmanship—tailoring, embroidery, textile layering—and reveals how costume constructs character, period and spectacle. The sale evokes questions about preservation, reuse and the afterlife of performance objects while offering close encounters with living fragments of stage history.
La Cuisine des Collectionneurs is a convivial, evolving exhibition where contemporary art meets gastronomy. The project invites four collectors to curate walls from their personal collections. It blends scenography, shared collecting, and a collective display, extended into the kitchen through an ephemeral menu inspired by their worlds. Conceived as a living space, the exhibition unfolds with talks, meals, and gatherings over time, celebrating exchange, generosity, and the pleasure of art—on the walls and on the plate.
Festival Antigel transforms Geneva into an experimental cultural playground each winter, a three-week laboratory of innovation. Programming mixes renowned and emerging artists across music, performance and visual projects, revealing unexpected sites and blending disciplines. The festival foregrounds diversity and social engagement, bringing together varied audiences through bold curations. Lighting, sound and staging often shape intimate, cinematic atmospheres, while collaborative projects emphasize discovery, collective energy and the thrill of shared, ephemeral encounters.
Organised by Fondation Cap Loisir, this masked Valentine’s ball celebrates love in all its forms through music, dance and live performance. Guests move between communal dances and intimate moments, guided by transformed identities and a playful corridor of metamorphosis where participants are made up and choose masks. The evening blends festive exuberance with tender encounters, crafting a warm, inclusive atmosphere that foregrounds connection, choreography and theatrical surprise.
Celebrating love in all its forms, this warm, inclusive masked Valentine’s Ball brings the community together for an evening of music, dance and artistic performances. For more than 25 years the gathering has invited people of all ages to share convivial moments. A “transformation corridor” offers face painting and a choice of masks before entering, encouraging playful exchanges and new connections. The relaxed atmosphere welcomes everyone to dance and connect.
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