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Bacchus Invites us to Pleasure and Joy

Short stories, banqueting songs and dances
European composers from the 16th – 17th century

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.	chansons d'amour
.	the triumph of bacchus
.	the flower dance
.	bacchus invites us to pleasure and joy
.	sweetest sigh
.	pure white moon
.	thou, my sweet, art my happiness
.	oh bitter sweetness
.	a toast, now pass the flask around!
.	the dream and narcissus
.	serenade
.	messalina
.	the night languishes, moans, sighs
.	if beauty kindles your love
.	liederabend
.	cafe' chantant
.	operatic concert
.	rita

These compositions are those which most plainly celebrate the pleasures of life and good wine. The dances in historic costume are an attractive adjunct. The culminating moment of the show is the narration and acting of a bawdy story of the period.

performers

1 actor, 4 singers, 3 dancers, 6 musicians

instruments

copies of original instrumenst: fipple flutes, harpsichord, lute, theorbo, renaissance guitar, harp, viol da gamba, percussion

duration

c. 1 hour 15 minutes

props

copies of late-renaissance costumes, candles, torches

sites

inside or outside an historic villa, castle courtyard, small square, picturesque cellar

technical requirements

minimum space: c. 7m x 5m

Bacchus Invites us to Pleasure and Joy

Short stories, banqueting songs and dancesEuropean composers from the 16th – 17th century

Short stories, banqueting songs and dances
European composers from the 16th – 17th century