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Le Carnaval Baroque

The sumptuous and grotesque world of a mid-seventeenth-century Italian carnival.

Le Carnaval Baroque
Le Carnaval Baroque © Aleksey Gushchin
Le Carnaval Baroque
Le Carnaval Baroque © Aleksey Gushchin
Le Carnaval Baroque
Le Carnaval Baroque © Aleksey Gushchin

Vincent Dumestre | conception, direction, baroque guitar and colascione
Cécile Roussat | staging and choreography
François Destors | scenography
Chantal Rousseau | costumes
Christophe Naillet | lighting
Mathilde Benmoussa | make-up
Julie Coffinières | masks
Julien Lubek | artistic collaboration

Anaïs Bertrand | mezzo-soprano
Paco Garcia | tenor
Martial Pauliat | tenor
Igor Bouin | baritone
Stefano Amori, Julien Lubek, Désiré Lubek | mimes
Antoine Hélou, Rocco Le Flem | Chinese mast
Max Spuhler | floor acrobatics
Victor Zachor | floor acrobatics, juggling
Quentin Bancel | juggling, cyr wheel

Louise Ayrton | violin
Isaure Lavergne | flute, bassoon
Adrien Mabire | cornet à bouquin
Lucas Peres | viola da gamba, chitarrino
Michèle Claude | drums
Simon Guidicelli | double bass

Le Poème Harmonique

Circus art, music and dance of the 17th century
From Il Fàsolo to Monteverdi

This baroque carnival takes place in all its splendour in the sumptuous and grotesque world of mid-seventeenth-century Italy. A poetic gathering of acrobats, jugglers, mime artists, singers and musicians offers a genre-defying show at the interface of several artistic disciplines, featuring popular music, baroque choral singing and commedia dell’arte. An invitation to young and old alike to be transported to another world.

Coproduction Jeanine Roze Production | Céleste Productions – Les Grandes Voix