Guest Presenter:Boston Early Music Festival

This concert is presented by BEMF.

La storia di Orfeo: Monteverdi-Sartorio-Rossi. 

Orpheus, the divine musician who ventures to the underworld in a desperate bid to save his beloved Eurydice has been an enduring source of inspiration for composers across the centuries. Superstar counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky- alongside sublime soprano Amanda Forsythe- draws on three Italian Baroque operas to create a vivid pastiche of this tragic legend for the concert stage. Enjoy timeless arias and duets by Claudio Monteverdi, Luigi Rossi, and Antonio Sartorio. with these incomparable artists as well as instrumental interludes from other Baroque masters.

Pre-concert talk one-hour prior to each performance.  

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