This December, Music at Co-Cath invites audiences to celebrate the season with Monteverdi Christmas, an immersive concert experience inspired by Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 and Selva morale e ...

Claudio Monteverdi has been called the most important composer of the first half of the 17th century, leading early music’s Renaissance era to some of its highest achievements while also pioneering ...

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The set of parts for a vespers service that Monteverdi published in 1610 gives the modern-day musician a good initial sense of how to go about performing the piece. But the bare-bones materials also ...

As Monteverdi’s magnificent 1610 Vespers gathers momentum in its inexorable march through a big anniversary year, it quickly becomes evident that comparisons, however odious, are inevitable. This vast ...

Dancers Kirk Gagnon, left, and Eric Thielman will appear in the Marigny Opera House production of Monteverdi's 'Vespers of 1610' which opens on Thursday (Dec. 12). (Regina Wilkins) The New Orleans ...

A reissue of conductor John Eliot Gardiner's 1989 recording of Claudio Monteverdi's monumental "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" fully justifies the composer's reputation as the creator of modern music.

Cathalena E. Burch Feb 22, 2017 Feb 22, 2017 Updated Oct 25, 2017 When the Arizona Early Music Society started thinking a couple years ago about ways to mark its 35th season, it thought about doing ...

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Monteverdi’s “Vespers for the Blessed Virgin,” which was treated to a rare and exhilarating performance by the Los Angeles Master Chorale on Sunday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, is a towering ...