RossoPorpora
She enters, takes off her gloves, holds the harp to her chest, and begins to sing. This is how a contemporary described the performance of Laura Peperara, the enigmatic star of the 16th-century women's ensemble Concerto delle donne at the court of Ferrara. A true cult of the madrigal arose around the singer: composers such as Giaches de Wert, Luca Marenzio, and Luzzasco Luzzaschi idolized her voice and wrote especially for her. RossoPorpora gives Diva Laura a well-deserved ovation.
Programme
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Laura in Mantua, Wert’s pupil
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Giaches de Wert
Cara la vita mia
1535-1596 -
Laura in Verona: the tribute of the Accademia Filarmonica
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Marc’Antonio Ingegneri
Mentre Laura gentil che ‘l Mincio onora
1535/36-1592 -
Luca Marenzio
Ridean già per le piagge
1553/54-1599 -
Cara la vita mia: Laura in Ferrara
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Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Da l’odorate spoglie
1554-1607 -
Giaches de Wert
Cara la vita mia
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Lodovico Agostini
De l’odorate spoglie / Cara la vita mia
1534-1590 -
Diva Laura
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Lodovico Agostini
Laura sete voi vera Ninfa
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Luca Marenzio
Mentre l’aura spirò nel verde lauro
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Giaches de Wert
Hor fuggi infedele ombra
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Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Aura soave
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Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Ecco il bel lauro verde
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Orazio Vecchi
Lascian le fresche linfe
1550-1605 -
Luca Marenzio
Bianchi cigni e canori
Programme subject to change
Musicians
- Alicia Amo, Cristina Fanelli soprano
- Marta Pacifici alto
- Massimo Altieri, Giacomo Schiavo tenor
- Guglielmo Buonsanti bass
- Gabriele Palomba lute
- Margherita Burattini arpa doppia
- Dario Carpanese harpsichord, organ
- Walter Testolin musical direction
