Arlecchina

An Early Musical

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L'avventuroso viaggio di ARLECCHINA dalla Regina d’Inghilterra.

L'avventuroso viaggio di ARLECCHINA dalla Regina d’Inghilterra.

Early Music Festival Utrecht 2026

70min

Playford, Guedron, Landi, Stradella, Byrd, Monteverdi, Cesti, Purcell, Schmelzer, Marais, Dowland, Rossini, Gastoldi, and many anonyms

ĀRT HOUSE 17

Emma Kirkby, soprano – La Regina
Sophie Daneman, soprano – Franceschina, a dame
Adrián Schvarzstein, actor – Tartaglia, her husband, a ventriloquist
Mareike Franz, dancer – Arlecchina, a wooden puppet
Benedikt Kristjánsson, tenor – Pedrolino, a thief
Dietrich Henschel, baritone – Capitano, a thief
Georg Kroneis, baritone – Pickelherring, a Hanswurst



Ylva-Maria Kubíček, violin I
Raffaele Nicoletti, violin II
Barbara Konrad, viola & violin III
Hannah Freienstein, violoncello
Georg Kroneis, viola da gamba & violone
Ivan Trenev, accordion
Sofie Vanden Eynde, lute, baroque guitar & theorbo
Michael Hell, harpsichord, recorders & tenor

Michael Hell, musical director & arrangements
Thomas Höft, dramaturg & co-director
Adrian Schvarzstein, co-director
Mareike Franz, choreography
Lilli Hartmann, costume & set design

Historical theatre sets by Florent Van den Berghe from the Jed Wentz Collection.

Photos: Foppe Schut