LA PAZZIA SENILE
by Adriano Banchieri
La Pazzia Senile is the first in a series of madrigal comedies that Banchieri wrote throughout his career. Ensemble Serikon performs the earliest version, published in 1598.
In La Pazzia Senile, as in most madrigal comedies, the characters are recognised as some of the stock characters from Commedia dell'arte, such as the old merchant Pantalone, the talkative Dottor Graziano and the not-so-bright servant Burattino, as well as the young lovers Doralice and Fulvio and the dominant woman Lauretta, experienced in many of the shadier walks of life...
Participants:
Artistic direction & Trombone: Daniel Stighäll
Stage direction: Tuvalisa Rangström
Scenography: Pia Davidson
Pantomime & Choreography: Karin Modigh
Pantomime & Violin: Per T Buhre
Song & Pantomime: Ingeborg Dalheim
Song & Speech: Daniel Ralphsson
Song: Karl Peter Eriksson
Recorders & Cornetto: Lene Langballe
Recorders: Emelie Roos
Theorbo & Baroque guitar: Dohyo Sol
Harpsichord: Gilbert Martinez
Masks by Torbjörn Alström
