Sunday 13 December, 17:00

Alcina — Opera by Francesca Caccini

Directed by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Mathilde Etienne, this revival brings Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina back to life with the Geneva ensemble I Gemelli. Mathilde Etienne signs the mise en espace while singers Benoît Capt, Cristina Fanelli, Lorrie Garcia and Emiliano Gonzalez Toro embody sorceresses, sirens and shadowy creatures. The production emphasises vocal drama and chamber-like textures, continuing I Gemelli’s exploration of baroque women composers and favouring stage intimacy without a conductor.

Rue du Général-DUFOUR 14,
1204 Genève

Photo Credit: Graphisme: Jean-Marc Humm

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Photo Credit: Graphisme: Jean-Marc Humm

Tuesday 27 October, 20:30

Bill Frisell Trio feat. Luke Bergman & Tim Angulo

Performances

Alhambra

Led by guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, this trio with Luke Bergman and Tim Angulo blends contemporary jazz, experimental rock and American roots—folk, blues and country—into a lyrical, exploratory sound. Frisell’s melodic experimentation and wind-like guitar phrasing meet Bergman’s harmonic insight and Angulo’s mysterious textures, creating intimate interplay and unexpected turns. The programme draws on Frisell’s recent album In My Dreams, offering spacious improvisation, warm nuance and a sense of discovery that balances craft with surprise.

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Tuesday 27 October, 19:30

As We Are — Joséphine / Bantu

Performances

Concorde

Choreographed and performed by Germaine Acogny and Gregory Maqoma, this evening pairs a powerful solo invocation of Joséphine Baker with Bantu, a response piece created with artists from Vuyani Dance Theatre and the École des Sables. The program interrogates memory, exile and inherited identity through raw physicality, layered gestures and stark theatrical lighting. Intimate and wide-ranging, the two works converse on reappropriation and resilience, shifting between solo intensity and communal choreography.

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15 September – 22 June

La Clique

Performances

Caustic Comedy Club

La Clique is a creative residency presenting four emerging stand-up artists whose distinct voices and comic styles interact in a tightly staged showcase. The season brings ensemble work, solo turns and improvised exchanges, mixing sharp observation, absurdist sketches and personal storytelling. The atmosphere is intimate, unpredictable and collaborative, highlighting the dynamics between performers and audience while exploring contemporary humour in multiple registers.

In French.

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Tuesday 27 October, 20:30

Bill Frisell Trio — 75th Birthday Celebration

Performances

Alhambra

Veteran guitarist and composer Bill Frisell leads his trio with Luke Bergman (bass) and Tim Angulo (drums) in a program that surveys his forty-plus-year musical language. Rooted in jazz yet drawing on folk, blues, country and experimental rock, the trio balances lyrical melody and open improvisation. Frisell’s delicate phrasing and the ensemble’s spontaneous interplay create intimate, dreamlike moments and sudden, uncanny detours. The performance highlights recent material from Frisell’s latest recordings while privileging listening, space and subtle dynamics.

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1 – 31 October

JazzContreBand 2026

Performances

Multiple locations

JazzContreBand celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new creation led by trumpeter Erik Truffaz. Franco‑Swiss musicians join forces with the Orchestre des Alpes et du Léman in Side by Side, a programme that blends classical writing, jazz phrasing and open-ended improvisation. The project explores textural contrasts, orchestral colours and solo interplay, shifting from intimate chamber passages to wide, cinematic swells. Expect nuanced dynamics, luminous timbres and collaborative dialogue across genres.

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27 – 31 October

Menace Chorale

Performances

La Comédie de Genève

Directed by Gabriel Sparti, Menace Chorale follows an amateur town choir drawn into a tightening ideological mechanism under a charismatic new conductor. The piece uses vocal textures and staged rehearsals to contrast luminous harmonies with the unsettling meanings behind their repertoire, sketching a miniature society where desire, ambition and collective pressure calcify into authoritarian dynamics. Through subtle disruptions, layered readings and meticulous sound and lighting textures, the production feels at once funny, eerie and incisively political.

In French.

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Alcina — Opera by Francesca Caccini