November 8, 2008 – Program

Birth of Opera

Ars Antigua in collaboration with The Chicago Humanitites Festival, The Art Institute of Chicago, and Chicago Opera Theater

Fullerton Hall of The Art Institute of Chicago

Welcome and introduction Brian Dickie, General Director Chicago Opera Theater

Toccata / Ritornello Orfeo (1607) Claudio Monteverdi

Ricercar (1598) Jacopo Peri (1561 – 1633)

Amarilli mia bella (1601) Giulio Caccini

“Fuga a l’unisono dopo sei tempi” from Il Fronimo Vincenzo Galilei (c.1520 – 1591)

Lamento di ARIANNA Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) & Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 – 1621)

Fanfare and Prologue from Euridice (1600) Jacopo Peri & Ottavio Rinuccini

Balletto a Cavalo (1625) Francesca Caccini (1587 – c.1640)

A word about Monteverdi Brian Dickie

Lamento della Ninfa (1638) Claudio Monteverdi

Zefiro torna (1651) Claudio Monteverdi

Pur Ti Miro Duetto from L’Incoronatione di Poppea (1642) Claudio Monteverdi

A word about Purcell Brian Dickie

Sailors Song and Dance from Dido and Aneas (1689) Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

To the hills and the vales from Dido and Aneas Henry Purcell

Musicians:

Kathryn Mueller – soprano Terry Barber – counter tenor

Madison Bolt – tenor David Eickstaedt – bass

Bill Bauer – violin Rachel Gries & Susan Rozendaal – violas Pablo Mahave-Veglia – cello Jerry Fuller – violone

Phil Rukavina & Joel Spears – theorbos, lutes & guitars