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Musica Antica Rotherhithe

Abandon'd Ariadne

Laments from the earliest surviving operas

Emily Atkinson (soprano), Camilla Seale (mezzo soprano), Tristram Cooke (countertenor), Oliver Doyle (tenor/harpsichord), Joachim Sabbat (bass), Maxim del Mar (violin), Andrew Taheny (violin), Jonatan Bougt (theorbo), Harry Buckoke (theorbo)

Musica Antica perform extracts from the earliest surviving operas - and the first recitative in Nicholas Lanier which they inspired - alongside a semi-staged performance of Monteverdi's Ballo dell'Ingrate. This is the final concert of Musica Antica's 2024 Season.

As ever, a bar selling wine, soft drinks and Holy Trinity's famous home-infused gins will be open from 7pm.

This concert will finish at 9:10pm.

Programme:

Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo, prologue
Giulio Caccini: Euridice, Act I scene i
Jacopo Peri: Euridice, scene ii
Domenico Belli: Orfeo Dolente, scene ii
Claudio Monteverdi: Arianna, Lamento d'Arianna
Marco da Gagliano: La Dafne, scene iv
Luca Marenzio: Crudele, acerba, inesorabile morte
Nicholas Lanier: Hero's Complaint to Leander
Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo dell'Ingrate