The Sebastians: Love and Ruin

Enter into the devastatingly sumptuous world of the Italian cantata. Soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon (“dazzling, breathtaking”) brings the tragic tales of Lucretia and Armida to life through soaring works by Michel Pignolet de Montéclair and George Frideric Handel. Interspersed with sonatas by Corelli, Handel, and Castello, this program explores what happens when women fall—whether into shame, madness, or vengeance—and how, through music, their voices rise again.