Musical performance from 7 years
Renaissance Great Hall
Baroque music festival BAROQUE EVENINGS
Stefano Amori (mime)
Marouan Mankar-Bannis (harpsichord)
A musical show bringing together the world of the Commedia dell’Arte and music by the great masters of Baroque. The “malle” of the title (a play on “enfant de la balle”, meaning “a child of the theatre”) is the trunk in which theatre troupes in the seventeenth century stored the costumes, masks and props required for the depiction of the different characters of the Commedia dell’Arte. Here it serves as a basis for improvisation and as an element of the décor, becoming in turn a small candlelit dressing room, a puppet theatre, a traditional set with a painted canvas. Inspired by the treasures found in the trunk, the actor creates a series of tableaux, ranging from the poetic pantomimes of Pierrot to the chaotic and burlesque monologue of Harlequin, with the music playing an important part in creating those different worlds. Enfants de la malle is a poetic, funny, and sometimes melancholy evocation of those itinerant actors.
Come and bring your family to this poetic and funny itinerant actors’ evocation!
Stefano Amori
Graduated from the International Marcel Marceau Mimodrama School, Stefano Amori completed his training at the Annie Fratellini Circsu School. In 2001, he founded his Company ParaPiglia, while taking part in other companies like Cathar6, the Shlemil Theatre and Retouramont Company. In 2006, he joined the Poème Harmonique for the creation of the Baroque Carnival, one of the performances of the ensemble, which was played worldwide, more than sixty times. Les Enfants de la Malle, premiered in Paris at the Opera Comique in February 2012, is his second collaboration with the company.
Marouan Mankar-Bannis
After studying harpsichord at the Conservatory of Limoges and Erik Satie Conservatory in Paris, Marouan Mankar-Bannis joined the Paris Conservatory and studied with Olivier Baumont, Blandine Rannou and Kenneth Weiss. Meanwhile, he completed his training under master classes and academies with Bob van Asperen, Kethil Hausgang, Jos van Immerseel, Andreas Staier, Meno van Delf and Pierre Hantaï. In recital, he is regularly invited by famous festivals like Young Talents in Paris, or Alnwick in Great Britain. Moreover, as a continuist and vocal coach, he played under the direction of many conductors (Martin Gester, Emmanuelle Haim, Laurence Equilbey, etc.) and became a close associate of Vincent Dumestre for its productions of opera.
Tickets: Lt20, LT40 / €5.79, €11.58
Tickets are available at "Bilietai LT" box offices, at the Museum, and online at www.bilietai.lt. Book online...
Organized by French Institute in Lithuania / Institut français de Lituanie
Co-organizer National Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
Partners: VEOLIA, ClearChannel
Media partners: "Lietuvos rytas", "lrytas.lt", "Veidas"
