Saturday, 8th October at 7:00 pm CASSANDRA By Benedetto Marcello We continue our cycle of Greek mythological heroines with the story of Cassandra, the Trojan priestess who foresaw Troy’s defeat, set to music by Venice’s composer Benedetto Marcello. Music by B. Marcello Elena Biscuola, Contralto Venice Music Project Ensemble   IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION: In accordance with […]

Satuday, 15th October at 7:00 pm DIVINE DUETS WITH VIOLIN AND SOPRANO When we think of duets, we don’t immediately think of a duet between voice and a solo instrument – yet in these cantatas, you can hear that the voice and the violin are definitely a duet! Chamber music for Soprano, Solo Violin, and […]

Saturday, 22nd October at 7:00 pm LOVE AND STORMS IN VENICE Venice is the city of love, but storms can blow in from the sea at a moment’s notice and turn our lives upside down! Arias for soprano and instrumental music for ensemble. Music by A. Vivaldi, JA. Hasse, N. Porpora Liesl Odenweller, Soprano Venice […]

Saturday, 29th October at 7:00 pm LAMPE: PYRAMUS AND THISBE J.F. Lampe’s charming “mock opera,” Pyramus and Thisbe, a story originally found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, is better known as the “play within a play” in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The performance is preceded by a short lecture by Prof. Kent Cartwright, the internationally recognized […]