Laughter and Tears at Arts Centre Melbourne Palais Theatre

Dates: (8/13/2016 - 8/18/2016 )

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Arts Centre Melbourne Palais Theatre

100 St Kilda Road
Melbourne,Victoria VIC 3004

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Phone: 1300 822 849

Tickets: $30.00 - $110.00

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In Laughter, the comical adventures of Arlecchino, Colombina, Pantalone and other colourful characters from the Commedia dell’Arte unfold through a spellbinding mix of acrobatics and arie antiche (ancient Italian songs). Performers from Circus Oz join an ensemble of breathtaking singers to create a dream-like vision of 17th and 18th century improvisational theatre.

In Tears, the lives of the performers from Laughter unravel through a dramatic retelling of Leoncavallo’s one act opera I Pagliacci. Canio, Tonio and Nedda are part of a travelling theatre troupe. Canio is fiercely protective of his beautiful wife Nedda. Tonio secretly desires Nedda but discovers she is having an affair. When Canio learns of Nedda’s infidelity, his burning jealousy sends him down a path of no return.

The dramatic intensity of I Pagliacci is indisputable. Canio’s show-stopping aria ‘Vesti la giubba’ (‘Put on the costume’) has been immortalised by some of the world’s greatest singers. Now formidable Australian tenor Rosario La Spina gives new voice to Canio and Emma Pearson, an Australian soprano taking Germany by storm, returns to play the restless Nedda. Together with a stellar cast, Victorian Opera chorus and Orchestra Victoria under conductor Richard Mills and director Emil Wolk, they present a unique double bill of circus and opera that redefines Leoncavallo’s captivating tragedy.

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