BJM Danse Montréal

Mauro Bigonzetti is the director and choreographer of L’Aterballeto, one of Italy’s most important ballet companies. ROSSINI CARDS exemplifies his baroque, larger than life, style, in which classical technique serves as a basis for a decidedly modern work of art. This sumptuous choreography is married to the music of Rossini, an emblematic figure of Italian opera. The spectator is invited to a feast, a celebration prepared by two maestros: Mauro Bigonzetti and Rossini.

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) is considered one of the great innovators of 19th century opera. A brilliant epicurian, Rossini loved to project an air of mystery, notably by creating a false image of himself as an idler and a sensualist. Among his greatest works, Il barbiere di Siviglia, L’italiana in Algeri and Guillaume Tell.

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