Monteverdi — La naissance de l’opéra Monteverdi
Festival d’opéra de Québec

In Monteverdi’s work, human passions take on a striking new presence. The text becomes more immediate, more embodied; the vocal line follows the natural inflections of speech, and the music no longer merely accompanies emotion, but summons it into being. Through madrigals and landmark works, this concert leads us back to that crossroads where opera gradually began to emerge.