In the Baroque period, opera and church music were actually strictly separated. However, compositions for the stage with new texts often found their way into sacred music with new texts. In a concert entitled Anamorfosi, which roughly translates as “transformation of form”, the ensemble Le Poème Harmonique undertakes a foray through 17th-century Italian music. The group, which delights audiences with its fresh, unconventional performance style, shows how close the supposedly different worlds of opera and the church can come in their expressive intensity.
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre direction
Deborah Cachet soprano
Marthe Davost soprano
Eva Zaïcik mezzo-soprano
Floriane Hasler contralto
Antonin Rondepierre tenor
Jan Van Elsacker tenor
Benoît Arnould baritone
Tomáš Král baritone
Virgile Ancely bass
Anamorfosi - a journey through baroque Italy
Works by Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Mazzocchi and Luigi Rossi