LANGUAGE: Italian
DURATION: 70 min
TICKET: €13 full price, €11 reduced
A musical-theatrical journey at the edges of reality, a relentless whirlwind of musical gags.
Inspired by the homonymous book, Le dolenti note explores—with irony—the contradictions of the musician’s profession.
Thanks to their distinctive mimic, instrumental and vocal skills, the four performers playfully deconstruct the world of music through provocative “advice”: from why it is better to avoid becoming musicians, to how to discourage children from approaching music; from which instruments it is best not to play, to how to get rid of the most unbearable musicians.
Moving between composed and de-composed music, chamber music and “balcony music”, from The Beatles to Vasco Rossi, Banda Osiris draws an unflattering portrait of the musician: arrogant, sensitive, unlucky, hated and, only rarely, loved.
IN SHORT
Banda Osiris, a cornerstone of Italian music history, brings its unmistakable irreverent irony to the stage, comically dismantling myths and stereotypes of the musician’s craft. A “reverse instruction manual” that, through laughter, reveals itself as a love letter to music.
Mandolin, guitar, violin, trombone Sandro Berti
Voice, saxophone, flute Gianluigi Carlone
Trombone, bass, keyboards Roberto Carlone
Percussion, drums, tuba Giancarlo Macrì
Banda Osiris, founded in 1980 in Vercelli, is one of the most important Italian exponents of comic musical theatre, blending music, comedy, and performance into dynamic and surprising shows. The group consists of Sandro Berti (mandolin, guitar, violin, trombone), Gianluigi Carlone (voice, saxophone, flute), Roberto Carlone (trombone, bass, keyboards), and Giancarlo Macrì (percussion, drums, tuba), and has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava, and Gianmaria Testa.
They have composed soundtracks for film, theatre, and television, including Matteo Garrone’s Primo amore and L’imbalsamatore, winning the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and a David di Donatello award in 2004. Among their most recent albums is Banda.25, featuring guests such as Fiorello and Petra Magoni.
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PAROLE MOSAICO
At 20:15 at the theatre bar there will be “Parole Mosaico”, a short meeting before the show led by the artistic direction, to share the themes, history and language of the performance and offer some keys to interpretation.
