19th May – 20th June.
THE SILK STAIR & MR. BRUSCHINO
A comedic ‘feel-good’ performance.
From ingenious disguises to secret dates; the clichés of love are presented with a twist in the double bill by bel canto grand master Gioacchino Rossini. In these two one-act plays the young Rossini showed his grandiose romantic style for the first time. He composed his witty, energetic music to the comic stories of Giuseppe Maria Foppa. “Rossini’s music will be our guide on this journey. And we transform those old-fashioned archetypes into modern characters that we recognize,” says director Marco Darbyshire.
In La scala di seta, Dorvil is secretly married to Giulia. Every evening he quietly climbs a silk stair (scala di seta) to see his bride. But Giulia’s guardian has other ideas for her future and tries to marry her off to Blansac. All this creates comic scenes in which love wins.
In Il signor Bruschino, Florville tries with cunning plans to get permission to marry his beloved Sofia and not Mr. Bruschino junior, who has Sofia’s guardian in mind as a marriage partner. But will he succeed?
Although all the secret loves and devious schemes in both one-act plays cause a lot of chaos and laughable commotion, everyone ultimately declares their love for the right person.
The double bill La scala di seta | Il signor Bruschino is performed in Italian with Dutch and English surtitles.
Team & Cast
musical direction – Sander Teepen
director – Marcos Darbyshire
set & costumes – Agnes Hasun
light – MartinJan Gaasbeek
Lucilla/Sofia – Chelsea Bonagura
Giulia/Marianna – Alexia Macbeth
Bruschino father – Edwin Fardini
Germano/Tutor Gaudenzio – Raoul Steffani
Dorvil/Florville – Manuel Nuñez Camelino
Blansac/Filiberto – Michael Wilmering
Dormont/A Police Officer – Jacques de Faber
Bruschino son – Pim van Drunen
The Cook – Roderik Povel
orchestra – Philzuid
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Play dates
Sun May 19, 3 pm – Theater Heerlen, Parkstad Theaters Limburg
Tue May 21, 7:45 PM – Amare, The Hague
Thu May 23, 8:15 PM – Schouwburg Concert Hall, Tilburg
Sat May 25, 8:00 PM – Parktheater Eindhoven
Tue May 28, 8:15 PM – De Maaspoort, Venlo
Thu May 30, 7:30 PM – Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
Tue June 4, 8:00 PM – Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht
Thu June 6, 8:00 PM – Chassé Theater, Breda
Sat June 8, 8:00 PM – Stadsschouwburg, Nijmegen
Tue June 11, 8:00 PM – Open Air Theater, Valkenburg
Thu June 20, 8:00 PM – Opera on the Parade, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
