29 – 30 May

Euphoria — Beethoven’s Ninth

Booking Required

Euphoria reimagines Beethoven’s Ninth as an intense choreographic and musical performance. For the bicentenary of the composer’s death, David Greilsammer and choreographer Juan Kruz Díaz de Garaio Esnaola fuse orchestra, choir and soloists into a collective stage ritual. The Geneva Camerata’s instrumentalists and the GTG choir members share the spotlight with dancers, dissolving boundaries between music and movement. The production emphasizes the Ninth’s unifying power and pacifist message through immersive staging and visceral ensemble interplay.

Place des Volontaires 2,
1204 Genève
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