ĀRT HOUSE 17
Mona Lisa
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Recorded live at the Paardenkathedraal Utrecht, 4 September 2025.
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About this concert
Paris, 1911. The Mona Lisa disappears without a trace from the Louvre. The whole of Europe is captivated by the mystery – even Picasso comes into the picture as a suspect. Two years later, she is offered for sale to the director of the Uffizi in Florence. The festival favourites of ĀRT HOUSE 17 present this spectacular, true story as a sparkling performance with film, acrobatics, humour and early music. A theatrical ode to the most absurd art theft ever.
Programme
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Barbara Brodi
Menuet pour La Joconde
1930-1997 -
Francesco Paolo Tosti
Ideale
1846-1916 -
Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne
1845-1924 -
Vittorio Monti
Czardas
1868-1922 -
Erik Satie
Gymnopédie no. 1
1866-1925 -
Claude Debussy
Nuit d’etoiles
1862-1918 -
Amilcare Ponchielli
Danza delle ore
(from: La Gioconda, 1876)1834-1886 -
Jules Massenet
Méditation
(from: Thaïs, 1894)1842-1912 -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Aria: Lascia la spina
(from: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, 1707)1685-1759 -
Tommaso Giordani
Caro mio ben
1733-1806 -
Erik Satie
Je te veux
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Claude Debussy
Children’s Corner, L. 113
Golliwogg’s Cakewalk -
Antonin Dvořák
Humoresque
1841-1904 -
Pierre Attaignant
Tourdion
c1494-1551/52 -
Orlandus Lassus
La nuit froide et sombre
c1530/32-1594 -
Josquin Desprez
La plus de plus
El Grillo1450/55-1521 -
Charles Gounod
Marguerite Waltz
1818-1893 -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Aria: Lascia Amor e segui Marte
(from: Orlando, 1733) -
Jay Livingston
Mona Lisa
1915-2001
Musicians
- Sophie Daneman soprano (Mona Lisa, Louvre visitor, Madame Bertaud)
- Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor (Salai, Louvre visitor, Mona Lisa)
- Dietrich Henschel baritone (Vincenzo Peruggia, Leonardo da Vinci)
- Adrian Schvarzstein actor (cinema projectionist)
- Bruno Gullo clown (Pablo Picasso, Brighella, police inspector)
- Mareike Franz dancer (Louvre visitor, Columbina, Mona Lisa)
- Thomas Höft actor (Louvre guard)
- ĀRT HOUSE 17
- Lina Tur Bonet violin
- Roy Amotz flute
- Georg Kroneis double bass
- Ivan Trenev accordion
- Michael Hell harpsichord, musical direction
- Lilli Hartmann set design, costume design
- Michael Höft video direction
- Thomas Höft script direction, stage direction
- Adrian Schvarzstein co-stage direction
About the performers
ĀRT HOUSE 17 is an ensemble conducted by Michael Hell. Besides using historical instruments, the ensemble considers it important to do justice to the broader context in which the music was performed. The central question here is: what does the music have to say today? ĀRT HOUSE 17 has been a guest at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht several times in recent years with their music theatre performances such as Kaffeekantate and The Crocodile Bar. The ensemble also created the Utrechter Passion during Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2022.