Word: theorbos
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...Mirinda, Erisbe’s lady-in-waiting. Cavalli seemed to bring out the riches in both of their voices, unsurprisingly, as it is commonly held that Baroque opera encourages young, unstrained, and facile singing. The orchestra consisted of authentically Baroque instruments like the theorbo, the archlute, and the violoncello. “L’Ormindo” is a lovely two-hour entertainment for any lover of the Italian language. It delivers, amidst the superfluity, beautiful lines like “Lui che è saggio ama ogni modo” (“He who is wise...
...twofold task: Putting on a production about a 5th-century Briton while maintaining the 17th-century context in which it was originally created, by composer Henry Purcell and poet John Dryden. This balancing act was reflected in exaggeratedly graceful gestures, the use of the harpsichord and the theorbo (a string instrument more commonly used in the Baroque period), and the costumes, designed by Elisa M. Olivieri ’08. The 17th-century English audience expected actors to be dressed in the latest fashions. The cast of “King Arthur” was decked out accordingly, in shining...
...music is written is not the only thing that has changed. As always, the Harvard Early Music Society’s production will feature an entire spectrum of unusual instruments, ranging from the relatively common harpsichord (they have two, actually) to the improbable-seeming overgrown lute known as the theorbo. Baroque trumpets, baroque oboes (or “haut-boys”), and baroque bows for string instruments are also present in the ensemble.“There’s this whole sound vocabulary that’s absent from other music,” Spellberg explains...
...have missed the opera. Three violins and a phat viola fiddled while Nero was ostensibly still in the dressing room. They made up the feisty, devilish flank of the Early Music Society Orchestra, balanced by a quietly attentive harp and two awfully long lutes (allegedly a "chitarrone" and a "theorbo") on the right, with two harpsichords rammed together in the middle like poorly parked flagships...
Musical Banquet. Bruce Fithian, tenor and Olav Chris Henriksen, lute and theorbo, perform music of 17th-century Europe, including French airs de cour, English lute songs, Italian monodies and scherzi lute and theorbo solos. Sunday, October 3, 3 p.m. Somerville Museum, Central St. and Westwood Road, Somerville. $5 for students. Call 666-9810 for more information...