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Aria di Commedia-An Evening of Commedia dell'Arte and Italian Renaissance Music

What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? You get Aria di Commedia – An Evening of Commedia dell’Arte and Italian Renaissance Music by the Pazzi Lazzi theater troupe! Come enjoy classic Italian Commedia dell’Arte tricks and double entendres with a few modern twists! In English (with a little Italian) and open and free to all.

Thursday, February 2, 2017
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Common Ground, Collis Center
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts, Performances

Aria di Commedia is based on the idea of recreating the atmosphere of a day in an Italian Piazza where a small troupe of Commedia performers would entertain the passers-by with comic scenes and period music. During the three independent original scenes inspired by classic Commedia scenarios, the actors interpret famous Commedia stock characters such as Arlecchino, Pantalone, Pulcinella and Colombina with all their comedic troubles resulting from typical human weaknesses like envy, lust and greed. You’ll giggle at Dottore's “little problem” and the beautiful Flaminia's long list of useless suitors. Enjoy classic Commedia dell’Arte tricks and double entendres with a few modern twists!  Free and open to the public!  Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the Arts and Humanities, Leslie Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Theater.

For more information, contact:
Mary Fletcher
mary.l.fletcher@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://frandit.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=43146

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