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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Barbara Brodi
Menuet pour La Joconde
1930-1997 -
Francesco Paolo Tosti
Ideale
1846-1916 -
Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne
1845-1924 -
Vittorio Monti
Czardas
1868-1922 -
Erik Satie
Gymnopédie no. 1
1866-1925 -
Claude Debussy
Nuit d’etoiles
1862-1918 -
Amilcare Ponchielli
Danza delle ore
(from: La Gioconda, 1876)1834-1886 -
Jules Massenet
Méditation
(from: Thaïs, 1894)1842-1912 -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Aria: Lascia la spina
(from: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, 1707)1685-1759 -
Tommaso Giordani
Caro mio ben
1733-1806 -
Erik Satie
Je te veux
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Claude Debussy
Children’s Corner, L. 113
Golliwogg’s Cakewalk -
Antonin Dvořák
Humoresque
1841-1904 -
Pierre Attaignant
Tourdion
c1494-1551/52 -
Orlandus Lassus
La nuit froide et sombre
c1530/32-1594 -
Josquin Desprez
La plus de plus
El Grillo1450/55-1521 -
Charles Gounod
Marguerite Waltz
1818-1893 -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Aria: Lascia Amor e segui Marte
(from: Orlando, 1733) -
Jay Livingston
Mona Lisa
Programme subject to change1915-2001
Musicians
- Sophie Daneman soprano (Mona Lisa, Louvre visitor, Madame Bertaud)
- Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor (Salai, Louvre visitor, Mona Lisa)
- Dietrich Henschel baritone (Vincenzo Peruggia, Leonardo da Vinci)
- Adrian Schvarzstein actor (cinema projectionist)
- Bruno Gullo clown (Pablo Picasso, Brighella, police inspector)
- Mareike Franz dancer (Louvre visitor, Columbina, Mona Lisa)
- Thomas Höft actor (Louvre guard)
- ĀRT HOUSE 17
- Lina Tur Bonet violin
- Roy Amotz flute
- Georg Kroneis double bass
- Ivan Trenev accordion
- Michael Hell harpsichord, musical direction
- Lilli Hartmann set design, costume design
- Michael Höft video direction
- Thomas Höft script direction, stage direction
- Adrian Schvarzstein co-stage direction
