La Decima Musa: Music from the Golden Age of Venetian Opera
Why you should come
AI-powered• Hear Camilla Seale and Tristram Cooke perform Venetian opera works unperformed for 350 years
• Experience a rare period ensemble featuring three theorbos and a pentagonal virginal
• Discover mid-17th century cantatas by Barbara Strozzi and Francesco Cavalli in a chapel setting
About this event
Musica Antica Rotherhithe presents 'La Decima Musa' (The Tenth Muse), a concert featuring cantatas and extracts from operas written for Venice's public theatres during the mid-seventeenth century (1650-1660). This performance brings to light several musical works that have lain unperformed for over 350 years, offering a rare glimpse into the Golden Age of Venetian Opera. The performance is meticulously researched, using surviving payment records from Venetian theatres to assemble an ensemble th...
Event Highlights
- •Features Venetian opera extracts unperformed for over 350 years
- •Ensemble instrumentation based on authentic 17th-century theatre payment records
- •Rare use of a pentagonal virginal and three theorbos in the accompaniment
- •Showcases works by the celebrated female composer Barbara Strozzi
Speakers
Camilla Seale
Mezzo-soprano
Tristram Cooke
Countertenor
Andrew Taheny
Violin
Sophia Mücke
Violin
Harry Buckoke
Bass viol
Kristiina Watt
Theorbo
Jonatan Bougt
Theorbo
Peter Martin
Theorbo
Luke Mitchell
Keyboards
Oliver Doyle
Keyboards
Programme
Francesco Cavalli: Cantata: Se la giù negl'abissi
Francesco Cavalli: Torindo, ove s'in via, from Orimonte (1650)
Francesco Cavalli: Dolce Frode, from Eritrea (1652)
Francesco Cavalli: Menfi, mia patria, from Statira (1656)
Francesco Cavalli: Ahi questo è il fine amaro, from Erismena (1655)
Barbara Strozzi: Eraclito Amoroso Cantate, ariette, e duetti (1651)
Francesco Lucio: Donne belle e vezzose from Medoro (1658)
Francesco Lucio: Medoro, e dove sei, from Medoro (1658)
Pietro Andrea Ziani: Rodope, dove sei, from Le Fortune di Rodope e Damira (1657)
Pietro Andrea Ziani: Marmi spietati from Le Fortune di Rodope e Damira (1657)
Gallery
Organized by: Musica Antica Rotherhithe
Contact: 01865 279500