Paradise Toss'd

Camerata San Luca
Jessica Gould, soprano
Gonzalo Ruiz, oboe
Alexandra Calabro & Claire Smith, violins
Christopher Morrongiello, lute & baroque guitar
Jason Priset, theorbo
Adam Young, viola da gamba
Robert Warner, harpsichord

Paradise Toss'd: Heavenly Queens, Earthly Crowns, and the Smoldering Embers of Rule

Heaven and Earth go back to back as two Marian Anthems frame a trio of tortured queens. Arias of Stradella’s conflicted Ester, Monteverdi’s dejected Ottavia, and Handel’s scheming Agrippina trace an arc from doubt to misery to bloodthirsty ambition, as two prayers to the Queen of Heaven flip from calm to turbulence on either side.

Opening with a courtly homage and concluding with an impassioned plea, the throne is more prison than prize in this concert devoted to monarchs on the verge.

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