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La Decima Musa, or The Tenth Muse
Music from the Golden Age of Venetian Opera, 1650-1660
Part of the Musica Antica Rotherhithe 2026 Season
Add to my Calendar 18-02-2026 19:30 18-02-2026 21:30 36 La Decima Musa, or The Tenth Muse Musica Antica Rotherhithe present cantatas and extracts from operas written for Venice's public theatres in the mid-seventeenth century, many of which have lain unperformed for over 350 years. Using surviving payment records from venetian theatres, Mezzo Camilla Seale and countertenor Tristram Cooke will be accompanied by an ensemble which matches a Venetian theatre band of the time as closely as possible, comprising two violins, bass viol, three theorbos, harpsichord and a pentagonal virginal. Firth Hall, Sheffield DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Firth Hall
Alfred Denny Building, Firth Court
University Of Sheffield Western Bank
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 2TQ
England
Programme
Francesco Cavalli – Artemisia: Sinfonia
Francesco Cavalli – Il rapimento d'Elena: 'Mia speranza'
Pietro Andrea Ziani – Fortune di Rodope e Damira: 'Rodope, dove sei?'
Giovanni Legrenzi – Sarabande in G, Op.4
Francesco Lucio – Medoro: 'Donne belle e vezzose'
Francesco Cavalli – Orimonte: 'Torindo, ove s'in via?'
Giovanni Legrenzi – Sarabande in D, Op.4
Francesco Cavalli – Eritrea: 'Dolce Frode'
Francesco Cavalli – Se la giu negli abissi, cantata
Francesco Cavalli – Erismena: 'Ahi, questo e'l fine amaro'
Barbara Strozzi – Cantate, ariette, e duetti, Op.2: 'L'eraclito amoroso'
Francesco Lucio – Medoro: 'Da amorose passione'
Francesco Cavalli – Artemisia: 'Aure Tacete'
Performers
Camilla Seale – mezzo-soprano
Tristram Cooke – countertenor
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Programme Note
Musica Antica Rotherhithe present cantatas and extracts from operas written for Venice's public theatres in the mid-seventeenth century, many of which have lain unperformed for over 350 years. Using surviving payment records from venetian theatres, Mezzo Camilla Seale and countertenor Tristram Cooke will be accompanied by an ensemble which matches a Venetian theatre band of the time as closely as possible, comprising two violins, bass viol, three theorbos, harpsichord and a pentagonal virginal.
