Arian | nairA – Looking for Caterina

«Arian | nairA - Looking for Caterina» is a contemporary music-theatrical adaptation of the life story of Caterina Martinelli, singer and muse of Claudio Monteverdi. The piece sets out to find this extraordinary young woman, behind the historical sources and behind the one monumental event of her life: her early death.
A commissioned composition by Basel composer Lukas Huber on letters and texts related to Caterina's life and music by Claudio Monteverdi, which is closely linked to her fate, form the musical basis for the artistic exploration. Highly associative and guided by the inspiration of each individual, it is an attempt to reconstruct a Caterina Martinelli as she never existed.

Pot au feu after the performance

With

Lia Andres, Christina Boner (soprano); Jan Thomer (alto); Dan Dunkelblum, Andrés Montilla Acurero (tenor); Tobias Wicky (baritone); Joachim Höchbauer (bass); Giovanna Baviera (viola da gamba); Orí Harmelin (theorbo); Vera Schnider (harp); Lukas Huber (composition); Deda Cristina Colonna (direction); Tumasch Clalüna (dramaturgy); Michael Kleine and Lisa Fütterer (stage); Michael Kleine (costumes); Mario Henkel (lighting/technology)

Program

Lukas Huber (*1990): «Il Lamento di Caterina» (2023, UA)
Claudio Monteverdi (1576-1643): «Lamento d’Arianna»; «Sestina - Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata»; «Io mi son giovinetta»
Marco da Gagliano (1582-1643): «Chi da lacci d’Amor»
Orí Harmelin (*1981): Variations for theorbo on «La Monaca»
Giovanna Baviera (*1988): Variations for viola da gamba on «Il ballo di Mantova»

Info

Tickets from 1.12. → www.kulturticket.ch

Duration

90 minutes, no break

Prices

CHF 70.-/55.-/35.- (freely selectable at the box office or in advance)
Pupils and students CHF 15.- (only at the box office)

Links

→ voces-suaves.ch