ĀRT HOUSE 17
Paris, 1911. The Mona Lisa disappears without a trace from the Louvre. The whole of Europe is captivated by the mystery – even Picasso comes into the picture as a suspect. Two years later, she is offered for sale to the director of the Uffizi in Florence. The festival favourites of ĀRT HOUSE 17 present this spectacular, true story as a sparkling performance with film, acrobatics, humour and early music. A theatrical ode to the most absurd art theft ever.
Programme
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With music by, among others, Josquin Desprez, Jean Richafort, Erik Satie, and Claude Debussy. The full program will be announced soon.
Musicians
- Sophie Daneman Mona Lisa, soprano
- Benedikt Kristjansson Salai (a scholar), tenor
- Dietrich Henschel Leonardo (an artist), baritone
- Adrian Schvarzstein Vincenzo Peruggia (a thief), Zanni, actor
- Bruno Gullo Pablo Picasso (an artist), Brighella, clown
- Mareike Franz Madame Bertaud, Columbina, mime
- Thomas Höft Otto Rosenberg (fence from Cologne), actor
- Lilli Hartmann set design, costume design
- Michael Höft video direction
- Thomas Höft script direction, stage direction
- Adrian Schvarzstein co-stage direction
- Lina Tur Bonet violin
- Roy Amotz flute
- Georg Kroneis double bass
- Ivan Trenev accordion
- Michael Hell harpsichord, musical direction
