THE HARLEQUIN SALON
\nCreated by\u00a0Marco Cera
\nElisa Citterio, Music Director
\nGuillaume Bernardi, Stage Director<\/p>\n
Starring:
\nRoberta Invernizzi\u00a0(soprano) as Faustina Bordoni
\nDino Gon\u00e7alves\u00a0(actor) as Arlequino
\nMarco Cera\u00a0(oboe) as Pier Leone Ghezzi
\nElisa Citterio\u00a0(violin) as Vivaldi
\nFelix Deak\u00a0(cello) as Bononcini
\nGenevi\u00e8ve Gilardeau\u00a0(violin),\u00a0Patrick G. Jordan\u00a0(viola),\u00a0Alison Mackay\u00a0(bass),\u00a0Lucas Harris(lute) &\u00a0Charlotte Nediger\u00a0(harpsichord)<\/p>\n
Production:
\nPatrick Lavender, Lighting & Video Designer
\nDomenico Pietropaolo, Script Consultant
\nRamon Cespedes, Film Artist
\nIvars Taurins, Costume & Props Consultant
\nKate Duncan, Concert Manager
\nAlice Ferreyra\u00a0&\u00a0Cayla Bekk, Assistant Concert Managers<\/p>\n
You’re invited to this dazzling Roman soir\u00e9e, complete with mischievous servant, famous prima donna, and a composer or two!<\/p>\n
Meet Pier Leone Ghezzi\u2014caricaturist, painter, and host of some of 18th-century Rome\u2019s most popular salon parties. Tafelmusik is delighted to invite you to one of his famous soir\u00e9es, where you will encounter the famous prima donna Faustina Bordoni, and discover whether Ghezzi\u2019s mischievous Harlequin servant can thwart his master and pursue his own love interests!<\/p>\n
Joining Elisa Citterio and a chamber ensemble drawn from Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra is one of the world\u2019s finest singers of Italian baroque music, soprano Roberta Invernizzi. Together, they take us through arias and sinfonias by Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Porpora and more while Ghezzi (in the form of Tafelmusik\u2019s Marco Cera) sketches his guests live for all to see.<\/p>\n