Music: C. Monteverdi, G. Caccini, G.F. Sances, G. Gastoldi
Text: Molière
Characters: Fileno, Vespone, Lilla, Colombina, Arlecchino

Fileno sings of his love for Lilla ("Si dolce è il tormento"), who he thinks is only interested in Vespone, an old and wealthy bachelor. Lilla, however, reciprocates  Fileno's love ("Dolcissimo sospiro"), but wants to make him jealous with pretended affection for Vespone. To put Lilla's faithfulness to the test, Fileno disguises himself as Vespone, but in spite of all his seductive skills all he gets from Lilla is a slap in the face ("Dialogho amoroso"). When Fileno finally discloses his identity, he and Lilla confess their love to one another. During the festivities that follow ("Balletti"), Lilla notices that Colombina also has her eyes on Fileno - much to Arlecchino's dismay. And so Lilla must take recourse to Cupid's weapons to bring Fileno back to his senses.

Music: R. Jones, H. Purcell
Text: W. Shakespeare
Characters: Captain Hume, Mistress Molly Tittles, Arlecchino

While writing a love letter to Molly Tittles in which he  compares his love to the flight of Icarus, who came too close to the sun and fell into the sea with burned wings ("Love wing'd my hopes"), Captain Hume falls asleep. The object of his affections appears in a dream to comfort him ("If music be the food of love") and to encourage his courtship. Awakening, Hume remembers the dream ("My thought this other night") and orders his servant Arlecchino to deliver the letter secretly, without letting Mrs. Hume know about it.

Music: Thomas Ford, Tobias Hume
Characters: Captain Hume, Mrs. Hume, Molly Tittles

When Hume flirts with Molly Tittles in the presence of his wife ("Shut not sweet breast"), Mrs. Humes reaches  angrily for a pistol and shoots her rival. Hume, as a former soldier, remains calm ("Soldier's Song"), yet does not respond to his wife's attempt at reconciliation. Ultimately, he does give in, but exploits the situation so shamelessly that Mrs. Hume flees in the face of his brazenness. After he has now been left by both women, he seeks comfort in "Tobacco". As Hume also has gone, Molly wakes up a last time and bewails her fate ("What greater griefe").

Music: Marin Marais, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair
Characters: Arlecchino, Lisette, Doctor Marais, Tircis

While Arlecchino dances a "Chacoon pour Harlequin", the shepherdess Lisette appears, in whom he immediately falls in love. Only after much coaxing, however, does she  consent to dance a sarabande with him ("Les folies d'Espagne"). Night falls gradually. As it becomes darker and darker, the sinister Doctor Marais appears. The cowardly Arlecchino flees, and, after the last wild variation, Lisette falls to the ground as if dead. The Doctor can save Lisette's life in the operation that now follows ("Le Tableau de l'Operation de la Taille"), but she only awakes from her swoon when she is discovered by Tircis, who is picking flowers ("Les délices champestres"). Arlecchino joins them, and together they celebrate Lisette's successful convalescence with song and dance.

Stage:    

• Stage area of at least 20m² (5.5m x 3.5m)
  
• Three painted backdrops* based on historical models with the appropriate frames* (Width of stage 5.5m minimum/Height of ceiling 3m minimum).
  
• Three painted stools*.

Lighting:

• The main lighting consists of six footlights,* which come closest to Baroque stage lighting with candles. These are regulated by our lutenist by means of a foot-operated control panel* (DMX).
  
• Other lighting depending on the possibilities available.