Haymarket Opera’s new “Coronation of Poppea” production, opening next week, includes hand-painted sets done with historically informed design and techniques. The modern-day secret is a material that was well known to 17th-century theater artists: distemper paint.
Historically Inspired Set Design for Haymarket’s Monteverdi Read More »
Looking for new repertoire, Italian viola da gamba virtuoso Teodoro Baù has turned Corelli’s Op. 5 violin sonatas into showpieces for his instrument. The results are exciting, refreshing.
Recording Review: Gambist Teodoro Baù, Making Corelli His Own Read More »
In one of the most turbulent eras in French history, music served to consolidate the power of Louis XIII and legitimize the Bourbon monarchy. Peter Bennett’s new book brings together history, theology, and philosophy to fill a major gap on French music in the early 17th-c.
Book Review: Music, Power, and the Divine Right of Kings Read More »
Musica Secreta’s exceptional new release is as much about gorgeously sung Renaissance polyphony as about musicological discoveries. A must-listen album.
Recording Review: ‘Mother Sister Daughter’ Made Music Read More »
EMA introduces the inaugural season of NOW WE LISTEN!, a five-episode podcast celebrating traditionally underrepresented performers, scholars, and research topics in early music and historically informed performance.
EMA’s New Podcast ‘NOW WE LISTEN!’ Read More »
