Venetian Chronicles

Espace Bernanos, 4, rue du Havre

Venetian Chronicles, a show where music, theatre and humor meet to bring to life Baroque Venice. Between the Campanile of St. Mark's square, the canals, the gondolas and the backstage of the opera in 17th- and 18th-century Venice, the Baroque ensemble La Livri invites the audience to let themselves be carried away in three scenes by the savory narratives of Benedetto Marcello, Giacomo Casanova and Charles Burney, keen observers of musical life on the banks of the Thames. The narratives are accompanied by works by Vivaldi, Haendel, Tartini, Marcello, Albinoni, and well a…