Chatham Baroque and Attack Theatre join forces with up-and-coming vocal ensemble, Ping, to present Monteverdi's story of love and loss on the battlefield of the First Crusade. Celebrated tenor Aaron Sheehan leads a charge of dancers, players, and singers in a multi-media recreation of this epic 17th-century madrigal.
April 30, 7:30pm
May 1, 8:00pm
May 2, 8:00pm
May 3, 2:30pm
Friday's performance ONLY will be preceded by an artists talk at 7pm, led by Christopher Hahn, General Director of the Pittsburgh Opera.
With:
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Andrew Fouts, Karina Schmitz, violin
Kristen Linfante, viola
Patricia Halverson, violone
Scott Pauley, Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo & baroque guitar
Adam Pearl, harpsichord and positif organ
Chloe Holgate, Adrienne Lotto, soprano
Mariko Reid, alto
Garrett Eucker, tenor
Sean Salamon, bass
Michele de la Reza, Peter Kope, choreography
Dane Toney, Kaitlin Dann, dancers
Program:
Zefiro Torna
from Scherzi musicali cioè arie et madrigali (1632)
Lamento della Ninfa
from Book VIII: Madrigali guerrieri, et amarosi (1638)
Damigella tutta bella
from Scherzi musicale a tre voci (1607)
Pur ti miro
from L'incoronazione di Poppea (1643)
Si dolce e’l tormento
from Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze (1624)
Intermission
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
from Book VIII: Madrigali guerrieri, et amarosi (1638)
Vivrò fra i miei tormenti
from Il terzo libro de Madrigali a cinque voci (1592)
I. Vivrò fra i miei tormenti (prima parte)
II. Ma dove, o lasso me, dove restaro? (seconda parte)
III. Io pur verrò là dove sete, e voi (terza parte
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