Baroque Days 2026 Opening Concert

This program tells the story of passionate love, tragic error and irreversible loss with moving scenes from Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and the highly dramatic Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. Heroes fight, lovers fail – and only in the moment of death is the truth recognized. Enhanced by music from Luigi Rossi, Antonio Sartorio, Lorenzo Allegri and Maurizio Cazzati, a musical drama of shaking intensity unfolds – passionate, expressive and of timeless emotional power. Works by Claudio Monteverdi, Luigi Rossi, Antonio Sartorio, Lorenzo Allegri and Maurizio Cazzati. Cast: Theorbe, Conductor: Christina Pluhar, Orfeo, Text: Rolando Villazón, Euridice, Clorinda: Céline Scheen, Messagiera: Luciana Mancini, Tancredi: Renato Dolcini, Ensemble L’Arpeggiata