Arcadia: Death in Paradise – Eine musikalische Saga: Monteverdis Madrigale und Instrumentalwerke | zamus: early music festival 2026

In the organizer's words:

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Eva-Leonie Fegers, Alina Loewenich - recorders, conception
Julia Willeitner, Mauro Colantonio - viola da gamba
Fabio Kapeller - percussion
Alexander Gergelyfi - harpsichord, conception
Bryan Brenner - vocals, translation

The evening begins at Museum Schnütgen with the Ensemble opia and the singer Bryan Benner. Monteverdi's "Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" sets Torquato Tasso's poem "Gerusalemme Liberata" to music and vividly tells of the struggle between two lovers, false pride, religious contrasts and old enemy images.

Works by Claudio Monteverdi, Salomone Rossi, Dario Castello, Giovanni Legrenzi, Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa, Antonio Bertali and others.

Concert introduction 18:10 at Museum Schnütgen for both concerts of the evening

One-way ticket: 22/14 €
Combined ticket 29/19€ with The Stolen Time at TURISTARAMA (600m away)
Each plus VVK fees

Tickets available online via zamusfestival.de and zamus.de, by phone on +49 221 9874 38 21 (Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00-14:00) and on site at the Neumarkt box office (Mon-Sat 10:00-18:30, ticket hotline +49 221 42 07 6000 or via tickets@theaterkasse-neumarkt.de)

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