Orazio Vecchi's Madrigal Comedy L'Amfiparnaso
St. Patrick's Seminary Menlo Park
03.18.11 8PM
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Berkeley
03.19.11 8PM
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco
03.20.11 4PM
In his madrigal comedy L’Amfiparnaso ("The Twin Peaks of Parnassus") Orazio Vecchi blends pathos and buffoonery with exquisite melodies in satirizing the foibles of the human condition. Using characters and scenarios from the commedia dell’arte tradition, he tells a light-hearted tale of love and youthful rebellion in a series of amusing, and sometimes bawdy madrigals. For this staged production, Magnificat was joined by ‘comici’ from the Dell'Arte Company, who brought Vecchi’s amorous and witty madrigals to life. Costumes for this production were made possible through a generous grant from Svenska Kultur Fonden.
Catherine Webster, soprano Andrew Rader, countertenor Paul Elliott, tenor Daniel Hutchings, tenor Peter Becker, bass Nigel North, lute with Actors from the The Dell'Arte Company Emilia Sumelius-Buescher Joe Dieffenbacher Stephen Buescher Costume Design by Nina Silfverberg
