CAFÉ CHANTANT: 1915-1918
Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of WWI
Music, poetry, satire
by Roberta Reeder and Adriano Iurissevich
Adriano Iurissevich director, narrator
Gerardo Balestrieri vocalist, pianist
Paola Fernandez dell’Erba vocalist
Michele Guidi actor
ATENEO VENETO*
Tuesday 6 November 2018 at 6.00 pm
ADMISSION FREE
Info: (+39) 041 520 9562
Music, art, poetry, and cinema recreate the joyful atmosphere of the “Belle Epoch” of the Café Chantant, in dialogue with the tragic reality of the First World War – a multi-media work based on an idea of Carlo Montanaro and the fruit of the research of Roberta Reeder, who wrote the script with Adriano Iurissevich, narrator and director. Langorous love songs and bitter anti-war songs are performed by Gerardo Balestrieri and Paola Fernandez dell’Erba, while the celebrated satirical sketches of Ettore Petrolini are revived by Michele Guidi and Marinetti’s poetry for and Ungaretti’s poems against the conflict are recited by Adriano Iurissevich. And in this way “Café Chantant: 1915-1918” depicts the evolution of the tragic reality of the First World War.
Info: www.musicavenezia.org.
email: ass.musica.venezia@gmail.com
tel: (+39) 041 520 9562
*boat stop Rialto