Concerts
August 2010-
Wed 25.08
Monteverdi | Maria Vespers
Openluchttheater De Doolhof in TegelenMike Fentross — During Claudio Monteverdi’s lifetime, church music began to relinquish its musical monopoly to the madrigal and the opera. His own opera L’Orfeo (1607) was produced in Mantua, where Monteverdi was employed as court violinist. In 1613 he was appointed music director at San Marco in Venice, where he produced the operas Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and L’Incoronazione di Poppea. But when it came to his sacred Maria Vespers in 1610 he turned his attentions to Rome.
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Thu 26.08
Monteverdi | Maria Vespers
Concertgebouw in AmsterdamMike Fentross — During Claudio Monteverdi’s lifetime, church music began to relinquish its musical monopoly to the madrigal and the opera. His own opera L’Orfeo (1607) was produced in Mantua, where Monteverdi was employed as court violinist. In 1613 he was appointed music director at San Marco in Venice, where he produced the operas Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and L’Incoronazione di Poppea. But when it came to his sacred Maria Vespers in 1610 he turned his attentions to Rome.
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