1997 Festival
Centerpiece Opera:
L’Orfeo
Music by Luigi Rossi (ca. 1597–1653)
Libretto by Francesco Buti (d. 1683) | Learn more »
Festival Concerts:
The Orlando Consort
The Art of Mediæval Polyphony
Sarah Cunningham and Margriet Tindemans, viols
Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord
Angels & Devils: Music for bass viols and harpsichord
Rossi L’Orfeo Renaissance Violin Band
Peter Holman, director
Pour les Violons du Roy: French orchestral music from Beaujoyeux to Lully
Capriccio Stravagante
Skip Sempé, director
Mythologies and Homages
Trio Sonnerie
Wilbert Hazelzet, traverso
Conversations Galantes et Amusantes
Mala Punica
Pedro Memelsdorff, director
Tal per Sonar: Instrumental tablatures in the Italian Trecento
William Porter and Gary Cooper, harpsichord
Dueling Harpsichords
The Parley of Instruments
Pour le Coucher du Roy: Late-night chamber music at the French court
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, lutes
Il Divino: The Lute Music of Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543)
The Orlando Consort
Johannes Ockeghem (d. 1497): A True Image of Orpheus
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley, directors
Festa Italiana