La Decima Musa, or The Tenth Muse: Music from the Golden Age of Venetian Opera, 1650-1660

Musica Antica Rotherhithe present cantatas and extracts from operas written for Venice's public theatres in the mid-17th century, many of which have lain unperformed for over 350 years. Using surviving payment records from venetian theatres, Mezzo Camilla Seale and countertenor Tristram Cooke will be accompanied by an ensemble which matches a Venetian theatre band of the time as closely as possible, comprising two violins, bass viol, three theorbos, harpsichord and a pentagonal virginal.