`About Adriana Basile` by Al Canto de las Olas

With the programme `About Adriana Basile`, ensemble Al canto de las Olas (baroque harp, theorbo/baroque guitar and soprano) brings this fascinating artist back to life. Adriana Basile was a singer and harp/ guitarist from Naples in the 17th century. She was a superstar in Italy at the time, working at the court of Mantua and travelling around performing in other Italian cities.
Many poems and letters were written for her. In this programme, follow her journey with music by composers she worked with, reconstructed music from her Neapolitan songbook and read the texts written for her.

The concert connects Spanish and Italian music from the 17th century. The programme thus interweaves unknown gems with famous texts from the Spanish Golden Age, by Vicente Espinel and others. It also features music by composers Adriana knew personally or with whom she collaborated, such as Claudio Monteverdi and Sigismondo d`India.

Al Canto de las Olas thus gives voice to two exceptional women, Adriana Basile and her daughter Leonora Baroni (herself a celebrated singer and theorbist) from the early Baroque period, and allows their stories to be heard in a way that is both historically rich and poignantly personal. A programme that comes perfectly into its own in the atmospheric Nicolaaskerk.

About the musicians:
Al Canto de las Olas is an international Baroque ensemble dedicated to rediscovering unknown gems from the 17th century. The line-up - soprano (Gaia Aleli Szames), baroque harp (Emma Huijsser) and theorbo and baroque guitar (Francesco Zoccali) - creates an intimate, colourful sound world in which the voices of forgotten composers, poets and historical figures are brought back to life.
With their refined playing, theatrical eloquence and love of storytelling, the musicians of Al Canto de las Olas will bring you closer than ever to the world of the early Baroque.

Cost of concert ticket
Adult Euro 23,50
Children (up to 15 years) Euro 9,00 and
Service costs Euro 0,50
(including coffee/tea in the interval).

Admission tickets can be reserved and paid for (Ideal/Wero at reservation). You will receive a confirmation email with your admission ticket (QR code) after payment. The QR code is your admission ticket and will be scanned at the entrance (on your phone is sufficient).
You will receive the programme by email just before the concert.
Tickets can also be bought (if still available) from 20:00 at the church (concert starts at 20:30).