The Lovers Garden

In the garden of a Baroque villa a chamber orchestra is playing Mozarts wonderful quartets and quintets and everywhere is pervaded with echoes and references to the composers world As if by magic or conjured by the imagination figures emerge from the shadows of the labyrinthine garden they are Mozarts characters and they play with or perhaps make fun of the guests at the party embroiling them in their wellknown amorous dalliances This piece in which the spectator encounters among the dreamlike medley many wellknown protagonists from Mozarts operas including Figaro Don Giovanni and the Queen of the Night is a fulllength choreographic work by Massimiliano Volpini who himself performed on stage for many years as a dancer with the Scala ensemble