Saturday 25 April, 21:00

Anaïs MVA — Live

Booking Required

Twenty-three-year-old singer-songwriter Anaïs MVA, trained at the conservatory, unfolds bittersweet songs framed in shimmering pop textures. Her intimate voice navigates themes of mental health, eating disorders and addiction, often accompanied by piano or guitar. She foregrounds creative immediacy by sharing raw sketches on TikTok, letting listeners witness the work in progress. Recent singles “monde” and “vriller” herald the new project Le lapin blanc, where fragile melodies meet contemporary pop production.

In French.

Rue Vautier 13,
1227 Carouge

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Photo Credit: Roso

20 – 25 April

Beethoven Complete Works: The 16 String Quartets

Performances

Théâtre Les Salons

ClassiCosy presents the renowned Quatuor Strada in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets, spread across seven concerts at Théâtre des Salons. This musical marathon celebrates the composer’s masterpieces, from early quartets influenced by Mozart and Haydn to the mature and transcendent works of his later opus. The performances offer a profound exploration of the human soul and a distinctive spiritual experience for music lovers in Geneva.

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Monday 20 April, 19:30

Gala Concert – Geneva Junior Music Competition

Performances

Victoria Hall

Led by conductor Laurent Zufferey, this gala illuminates the virtuosic voices of the laureates of the Geneva Junior Music Competition. Solo performances with the Sinfonia Valais‑Wallis move between intimate chamber colours and soaring, poetic climaxes. The programme balances technical brilliance with reflective lyricism, guided by the discerning presence of patron Stéphane Lambiel and a jury of Emmanuelle Bertrand, Svetlana Makarova, Raphaël Merlin and Christian Chamorel. The evening unfolds with concentrated intensity and radiant musical dialogue.

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21 April – 10 May

Dr Jekyll and Lady Hyde

Performances

Théâtre Cæcilia

Based on the Jekyll myth, this theatrical adaptation examines metamorphosis as both physical and social, probing identity, gender and the boundary between good and male/female. Stark black-and-white staging and chiaroscuro lighting evoke twilight and old horror films, while a persistent, slicing fog thickens the atmosphere. The venerable Dr Jekyll’s unsettling experiments unfold in a late-19th-century London laboratory, and his circle is drawn into mounting anguish as transformations accelerate.

In French.

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21 – 23 April

Oh dear, how do we deal with vanished sparks?

Art & Exhibits Performances

L'Abri

Victor Delétraz’s solo investigates image and the moving body across past, present and future, probing the vulnerability of human pursuits and the tension between hidden and visible. Video interweaves with choreography, found objects, light, sound and text to create a fragmented, anachronistic structure where multiple voices, at once comic, cartoony, political and dramatic, collide. The presentation, framed within the festival C’est déjà demain, emphasizes exploration and the beginnings of artistic form.

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Tuesday 21 April, 19:30

The Magic Flute (Opera Passion)

Performances

Le City

David McVicar’s staging of Mozart’s The Magic Flute frames a fantastical quest of love and initiation. The production features Julia Bullock (Pamina), Amitai Pati (Tamino), Huw Montague Rendall (Papageno), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night) and Soloman Howard (Sarastro), led by conductor Marie Jacquot in her anticipated Covent Garden debut. McVicar balances fairy-tale spectacle and intimate emotion, conjuring luminous ensembles and eerie choruses, where the enchanted flute guides encounters with danger, wonder and sudden tenderness.

In French.

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21 April – 10 May

Ivanov

Performances

Théâtre de Carouge

Chekhov’s Ivanov follows Nikolai Ivanov, a middling Russian landowner crushed by debt and by the slow decline of his wife, Anna Petrovna, who is dying of tuberculosis. Across four acts, his inertia curdles into melancholy and self-destruction, swinging between biting comedy and harrowing despair. Written in a ten-day burst in 1887, when Chekhov was only twenty-seven, the play crackles with youthful urgency as tragedy and humor intertwine.

Director–actor Jean-François Sivadier infuses this new staging with his distinctive theatrical energy, pairing veteran performers with fresh faces to reignite the play’s original heat. Echoing Gustav Mahler’s dictum that “tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire,” the production seeks to keep Chekhov’s raw, combustible spirit blazing on today’s stage.

In French. Ages 16 and up.

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Anaïs MVA — Live