Our beloved holiday tradition returns! This Christmas, The Newberry Consort teams up with Hispanic arts company Arte Puro to present a new program of flamenco and Latin American holiday music and dance.

Co-curated by Arte Puro director/percussionist Jesús Pacheco and Newberry Consort artistic director Liza Malamut, this concert features musical traditions from the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.

Our beloved holiday tradition returns! This Christmas, The Newberry Consort teams up with Hispanic arts company Arte Puro to present a new program of flamenco and Latin American holiday music and dance.

Co-curated by Arte Puro director/percussionist Jesús Pacheco and Newberry Consort artistic director Liza Malamut, this concert features musical traditions from the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.

Our beloved holiday tradition returns! This Christmas, The Newberry Consort teams up with Hispanic arts company Arte Puro to present a new program of flamenco and Latin American holiday music and dance.

Co-curated by Arte Puro director/percussionist Jesús Pacheco and Newberry Consort artistic director Liza Malamut, this concert features musical traditions from the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.

Curtis Opera Theatre opens its thrilling 2025–26 series with L’Orfeo, Monteverdi’s groundbreaking masterpiece that reshaped opera. Inspired by the Greek myth, this timeless tale follows Orpheus, a musician whose love for Eurydice drives him to challenge fate itself. Renowned conductor David Stern leads the cast of rising opera stars in acclaimed director and playwright John Matsumoto Giampietro’s production. Premiered in 1607, L’Orfeo merges Renaissance polyphony with Baroque drama, its stunning score brims with passion and beauty, placing raw human emotions at its core. More than 400 years later, this legendary work remains as powerful and moving as ever.

Curtis Opera Theatre opens its thrilling 2025–26 series with L’Orfeo, Monteverdi’s groundbreaking masterpiece that reshaped opera. Inspired by the Greek myth, this timeless tale follows Orpheus, a musician whose love for Eurydice drives him to challenge fate itself. Renowned conductor David Stern leads the cast of rising opera stars in acclaimed director and playwright John Matsumoto Giampietro’s production. Premiered in 1607, L’Orfeo merges Renaissance polyphony with Baroque drama, its stunning score brims with passion and beauty, placing raw human emotions at its core. More than 400 years later, this legendary work remains as powerful and moving as ever.

Sonnambula opens its 2025–26 Frick residency with a performance inspired by Ben Jonson's Masque of Blackness (1605), an allegorical court entertainment commissioned by Queen Anne of Denmark and originally staged at the Jacobean court. Featuring music by Alfonso Ferrabosco II (only one song by whom survives), the masque depicts African nymphs journeying to England to seek racial purification, reflecting early modern racial anxieties and imperial fantasies. Music by Ferrabosco, Dowland, Byrd; and griot texts from the 13th–18th centuries.

Feat. Mary Elizabeth Williams as Dido 

Purcell’s ground-breaking opera makes its long-awaited Opera Lafayette debut. Mary Elizabeth Williams returns to Opera Lafayette as Dido, the ill-fated Queen of Carthage, following her internationally lauded performance in last season’s Morgiane. The famously haunting aria “When I Am Laid in Earth” brings the resilient Dido to a crossroad in this woman-centered story line, delivering an unforgettable saga of love, loss, power, and humanity. 

Feat. Mary Elizabeth Williams as Dido 

Purcell’s ground-breaking opera makes its long-awaited Opera Lafayette debut. Mary Elizabeth Williams returns to Opera Lafayette as Dido, the ill-fated Queen of Carthage, following her internationally lauded performance in last season’s Morgiane. The famously haunting aria “When I Am Laid in Earth” brings the resilient Dido to a crossroad in this woman-centered story line, delivering an unforgettable saga of love, loss, power, and humanity. 

Feat. Mary Elizabeth Williams as Dido 

Purcell’s ground-breaking opera makes its long-awaited Opera Lafayette debut. Mary Elizabeth Williams returns to Opera Lafayette as Dido, the ill-fated Queen of Carthage, following her internationally lauded performance in last season’s Morgiane. The famously haunting aria “When I Am Laid in Earth” brings the resilient Dido to a crossroad in this woman-centered story line, delivering an unforgettable saga of love, loss, power, and humanity. 

After many decades of exploring Bach, performing his works both as a violinist and as a conductor, Lewis Kaplan embarked on a long held dream, a Bach Festival. He chose Portland, Maine as the ideal setting to hold the Bach Virtuosi Festival, a week-long celebration of the great master because of his long affiliation with Down East Maine. The festival features instrumental as well as vocal works of Bach, secular and sacred music – performed on both baroque and modern instruments. Held in intimate churches, the venues are similar to the European Bach settings. Through a deep appreciation for Bach, and tremendous respect for Kaplan, the performing artists will gather from around the world to participate in these remarkable concerts.

The iconoclastic Brooklyn collective ChamberQUEER teams up with H+H for BaroQUEER: Historically Informed. Co-curated by superstar countertenor Reginald Mobley and CQ cofounders Brian Mummert + Jules Biber, this concert asks: whose histories inform the way we play and perceive Baroque music, and what would it mean to center performers’ voices & stories? Featuring music by composers ranging from George Frideric Handel and Jean-Baptiste Lully to Julius Eastman and Caroline Shaw, Historically Informed celebrates the queer perspectives that have shaped the early-music revival and influenced generations of boundary-breaking artists.

The iconoclastic Brooklyn collective ChamberQUEER teams up with H+H for BaroQUEER: Historically Informed. Co-curated by superstar countertenor Reginald Mobley and CQ cofounders Brian Mummert + Jules Biber, this concert asks: whose histories inform the way we play and perceive Baroque music, and what would it mean to center performers’ voices & stories? Featuring music by composers ranging from George Frideric Handel and Jean-Baptiste Lully to Julius Eastman and Caroline Shaw, Historically Informed celebrates the queer perspectives that have shaped the early-music revival and influenced generations of boundary-breaking artists.

After many decades of exploring Bach, performing his works both as a violinist and as a conductor, Lewis Kaplan embarked on a long held dream, a Bach Festival. He chose Portland, Maine as the ideal setting to hold the Bach Virtuosi Festival, a week-long celebration of the great master because of his long affiliation with Down East Maine. The festival features instrumental as well as vocal works of Bach, secular and sacred music – performed on both baroque and modern instruments. Held in intimate churches, the venues are similar to the European Bach settings. Through a deep appreciation for Bach, and tremendous respect for Kaplan, the performing artists will gather from around the world to participate in these remarkable concerts.

After many decades of exploring Bach, performing his works both as a violinist and as a conductor, Lewis Kaplan embarked on a long held dream, a Bach Festival. He chose Portland, Maine as the ideal setting to hold the Bach Virtuosi Festival, a week-long celebration of the great master because of his long affiliation with Down East Maine. The festival features instrumental as well as vocal works of Bach, secular and sacred music – performed on both baroque and modern instruments. Held in intimate churches, the venues are similar to the European Bach settings. Through a deep appreciation for Bach, and tremendous respect for Kaplan, the performing artists will gather from around the world to participate in these remarkable concerts.

Italian Exuberance in English Baroque Music

Followed by a Buffet of Italian Desserts & Coffee

@ The Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

Gasparo Visconti, Trio Sonata Opus 1 No. VII in F Major

Nicola Porpora, Sinfonia da Camera Opus 2 No. V in E Minor

Angelo Maria Fiorè, Sonata di Violoncello in G Major

Pietro Gnocchi, Sonata à Tre No. III in G Major

George Frideric Handel, ‘Gloria’ for Soprano & Strings

Camerata Pacifica:

Our February/March Program, Strawberry Fields interweaves Emi Ferguson, Rachell Ellen Wong, and Ruckus' arrangements of Handel's trio sonatas with Ignatius Sancho's 12 Country Dances. Sancho, a pivotal figure in 18th-century London, was not only one of the first Black musicians to publish compositions but also one of the the first British Africans to vote. His grocery shop in Westminster became a hub for discussions on politics, music, dance, and the arts with Sancho's powerful writings on slavery galvanizing the English abolition movement. This performance promises to be a foot-stomping celebration of these two incredible composers, offering a unique glimpse into the musical and social fabric of 18th-century England.

From Mickey Mouse to Michael Jackson, and Hawaiian traditional song to Kabuki, the falsetto sound is ingrained within our consciousness around the world. What does it evoke, and what does it express? Conflating the intangibility of the countertenor sound with the invisibility of smell molecules in the air, this synesthetic concert experience explores how invisible information can provoke emotion and imprint memory.

From Mickey Mouse to Michael Jackson, and Hawaiian traditional song to Kabuki, the falsetto sound is ingrained within our consciousness around the world. What does it evoke, and what does it express? Conflating the intangibility of the countertenor sound with the invisibility of smell molecules in the air, this synesthetic concert experience explores how invisible information can provoke emotion and imprint memory.

The world’s only period-instrument rock band comes to the Adelphi PAC.

Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative baroque ensemble with a visceral and playful approach to early music. Described as “the world’s only period-instrument rock band” (San Francisco Classical Voice), Ruckus’ core is a continuo group, the baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. The NYC-based ensemble aims to fuse the early-music movement’s questing, creative spirit with the grit, groove and jangle of American roots music, creating a unique sound of “rough-edged intensity” (New Yorker) that’s “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (New York Times). The group’s members are among the most creative and virtuosic performers in North American early music. 

Experience two ensembles at the top of their craft performing together. Downtown Voices and chamber chorus Amor Artis take on a set of monumental works: Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, a deeply spiritual and intricate composition; Thomas Tallis’s Spem in Alium, a 40-part Renaissance motet; and Orazio Benevoli’s Missa Tu es Petrus (for four choirs), featuring opulent Baroque textures and counterpoint.

Directed by Ryan Brandau and Stephen Sands. With Trinity Baroque Orchestra. 

Camerata Pacifica:

Our February/March Program, Strawberry Fields interweaves Emi Ferguson, Rachell Ellen Wong, and Ruckus' arrangements of Handel's trio sonatas with Ignatius Sancho's 12 Country Dances. Sancho, a pivotal figure in 18th-century London, was not only one of the first Black musicians to publish compositions but also one of the the first British Africans to vote. His grocery shop in Westminster became a hub for discussions on politics, music, dance, and the arts with Sancho's powerful writings on slavery galvanizing the English abolition movement. This performance promises to be a foot-stomping celebration of these two incredible composers, offering a unique glimpse into the musical and social fabric of 18th-century England.

Camerata Pacifica:

Our February/March Program, Strawberry Fields interweaves Emi Ferguson, Rachell Ellen Wong, and Ruckus' arrangements of Handel's trio sonatas with Ignatius Sancho's 12 Country Dances. Sancho, a pivotal figure in 18th-century London, was not only one of the first Black musicians to publish compositions but also one of the the first British Africans to vote. His grocery shop in Westminster became a hub for discussions on politics, music, dance, and the arts with Sancho's powerful writings on slavery galvanizing the English abolition movement. This performance promises to be a foot-stomping celebration of these two incredible composers, offering a unique glimpse into the musical and social fabric of 18th-century England.

Camerata Pacifica:

Our February/March Program, Strawberry Fields interweaves Emi Ferguson, Rachell Ellen Wong, and Ruckus' arrangements of Handel's trio sonatas with Ignatius Sancho's 12 Country Dances. Sancho, a pivotal figure in 18th-century London, was not only one of the first Black musicians to publish compositions but also one of the the first British Africans to vote. His grocery shop in Westminster became a hub for discussions on politics, music, dance, and the arts with Sancho's powerful writings on slavery galvanizing the English abolition movement. This performance promises to be a foot-stomping celebration of these two incredible composers, offering a unique glimpse into the musical and social fabric of 18th-century England.

Camerata Pacifica:

Our February/March Program, Strawberry Fields interweaves Emi Ferguson, Rachell Ellen Wong, and Ruckus' arrangements of Handel's trio sonatas with Ignatius Sancho's 12 Country Dances. Sancho, a pivotal figure in 18th-century London, was not only one of the first Black musicians to publish compositions but also one of the the first British Africans to vote. His grocery shop in Westminster became a hub for discussions on politics, music, dance, and the arts with Sancho's powerful writings on slavery galvanizing the English abolition movement. This performance promises to be a foot-stomping celebration of these two incredible composers, offering a unique glimpse into the musical and social fabric of 18th-century England.

Joined by Varshini Narayanan ’16 (cantaora) and Freddy Vilches and Dušan Balarin (guitar) performs Misa Criolla with additional works from the Iberian Golden Age.