1999 Festival
Centerpiece Opera:
Ercole Amante
Music by Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676)
Libretto by Francesco Buti (d. 1682) | Learn more »
Festival Concerts:
Andreas Staier, harpsichord
Variacones del Fandango Español
Ensemble Sarband
Vladimir Ivanoff, director
Sephardic Songs in the Hispano-Arabic Tradition of Medieval Spain
The King’s Noyse
BEMF Violin Band
Il Giardino d’Amore: Choice plums from Alessandro Scarlatti’s rich musical garden
La Colombina
Feria VI in Passione Domini: La litrugia del Viernes Santo
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall, director
Tonos Humanos & Differencias: Spanish Songs & Instrumental Variations
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall, director
Las Folias
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, director
Nueva España: Baroque fiestas in the New World
Dan Laurin, recorder
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Virtuosic Explosions in the Italian Style
La Luna
Sprezzatura
La Colombina
Musica en Las Españas de Felipe II: Villancicos, ensaladas, and madrigals from 16th-century Catalonia, Castille, and Andalusia
Jan Willem Jansen, organ
B.A.C.H.: Bruna, Arauxo, Cabanilles, and de Heredia
Tragicomedia
Marco Beasley, tenor
Festa Napolitana