Il Rossetti - Les Virtuoses

It’s an incredible theatrical spectacle that blends classical music, magic, and humor. Without using a single word, brothers Mathias and Julien Cadez transform a piano recital into a surreal and hilarious comedy contest: every kind of trick is fair game to reach the keyboard—from shoving to a stolen stool, from snatched sheet music to fires on stage.

A single piano is shared by two pianists vying for the keyboard—this is the central theme the protagonists unravel to tell, in an entertaining and captivating way through music and more, how it’s possible to combine visual poetry and music, the classical with the extravagant, and fantasy with seriousness. Vivaldi, Mozart, Chopin, Piazzolla, and many others, reimagined in a comedic, Chaplin-esque style, become acts of sleight of hand and magic.

A one-of-a-kind show in which the two French brothers blend vastly different worlds, skillfully creating moments of great entertainment that are, at the same time, culturally enriching. On a delightful stage set enhanced by the lighting design of François Clion—who also directs—the Cadez brothers, elegantly dressed by Dominique Louis and supported by the ironic and comical interludes of Anthony Rzeznicki and Anthony Coudeville, have pioneered an entirely new way to express themselves and, through a visionary yet universal celebration of art, to bring classical music to to audiences of all kinds.