July 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Works for a String Quartet “Death and the Maiden” is one of Franz Schubert’s most gripping and emotional works, written during a time of personal turmoil. The quartet’s name is inspired by Schubert’s earlier song in which a young woman pleads with Death to spare her life. Death responds with a chilling calmness, assuring her […]
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July 23, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 10:15 pm – Wed Jul 23 | 6:30pm Pre-opera lecture Will Crutchfield introduces the 1847 Macbeth Wed Jul 23 | 7:30pm Macbeth (Original 1847 version) Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, with additions by Andrea Maffei Maestro Concertatore e Direttore Jakob Lehmann Featuring Ricardo José Rivera, Alexandra Loutsion, Martin Luther Clark, and Cumhur Görgün With Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
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July 23, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – The quest for political power has changed little over the centuries. Kings and Presidents, popes and senators, all have their partisans, their detractors, their scandals, and their victories. Long before today’s 24-hour news cycle, the propaganda machine ran on verse. Meravelha’s timely tour of Medieval political songs explores themes of nationalism, corruption, greed, propaganda, and […]
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July 23, 2025 @ 7:45 pm – 8:05 pm – Enjoy pre-concert music performed by the Festival’s Tower Brass in the Carmel Mission Courtyard before the evening’s Main Concert. Program FLORENTIO MASCHERA Canzon V “La Maggia” ANDREA GABRIELI Ricercar LODOVICO VIADANA Exsultate Justi GIOSEFFO GUAMI Canzon III GIOVANNI GABRIELI Canzon per sonare 1 “La Spiritata” . . . Join the Carmel Bach Festival for its 88th season—Dialogues—running July 12-26, […]
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July 23, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – In collaboration with the Tero Saarinen Company (TSC), Borrowed Light captures the ritualistic essence of dance and the profound strength of community. Inspired by the radical Shakers movement of the 1700s and 1800s, the work explores total surrender and devotion to a community. The live performance of original Shaker hymns by The Boston Camerata fills the space […]
