14 – 15 February

La commedia dell’arte et le jeu masqué

Born in northern Italy in the 16th century, Commedia dell’arte shaped opera and European theatre. Under the direction of Rafael Bianciotto, specialist in masked performance, singers from the Haute école de musique de Genève’s vocal department explore mask work, improvisation and the embodiment of stock characters such as Arlecchino, Pantalone, Colombina and Scapin. Meta Červ and Ama Martin accompany on piano, while Bianciotto’s staging combines pedagogical rigor with playful physicality to reveal comic and dramatic nuances.

In French.

Passage de la Radio 2,
1205 Geneva
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