This program is dedicated to the music of Pergolesi, whose enormous popularity during the era of Madame de Pompadour inspired the Guerre des Bouffons, an intellectual and artistic battle between partisans of Italian and French music. The performance will feature a semi-staged program of the Italian composer’s extraordinarily popular comedy La Servante maîtresse and a concert rendition of his beloved Stabat Mater, conducted by Patrick Dupré Quigley.
With Musical Direction by Guest Conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley, Stage Direction (La Servante Maîtresse) by Nick Olcott. Featuring Soprano Gwendoline Blondeel*, Mezzo Soprano Sarah Mesko*, Soprano Hannah De Priest*, Bass-Baritone Jonathan Woody, and Tenor Patrick Kilbride.
Read the Program Notes written by Professor Julia Doe, PhD.
This performance is part of Opera Lafayette’s Second Annual New York City Baroque Music Festival. Tickets can be purchased for this performance alone, or the full festival which includes three performances from May 9 to 11, 2023, as well as a Gala. More information about the Festival can be found here.
PERGOLESI!
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, NY
Thursday, May 11, 2023, 7:00pm
CAST & CREW
*Mesko and Blondeel (Stabat Mater), de Priest (Servante Maitresse)