Arian | nairA – Looking for Caterina
A musical-theatrical adaptation of the life story of Caterina Martinelli, singer and muse of Claudio Monteverdi.
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The inscription on Caterina’s gravestone
[ba_flipbox front_media_type=”none” front_title=”“Look, read, weep! Catterina Martinella of Rome, who with the sound and richness of her voice easily surpassed the song of the sirens and the spherical sounds of heaven, esteemed above all things by His Serene Highness Duke Vincenzo of Mantua, for the natural grace of her demeanor, her beauty, her dignity and her charm. Snatched away, alas, by bitter death, she rests for all eternity in this tomb, commissioned by a generous prince who still mourns this stroke of fate. Let her name live on on earth and her soul with God. She died in the 19th year of her youth, on March 9, 1608.”” front_description=”Source: Carlo d’ Arco: Iscrizioni che furono o sono in Mantova e nel Mantovano, ASM Archivio d’Arco, MSS228-9, vol. I, p. 276, no. 34″ back_media_type=”none” back_title=”%22Inspice, lege, defle! Catterina Martinella romana, quae vocis modulatione et flexu Sirenum cantus facile orbicumque %91sic%93 caelestium melos praecellebat, insigni ea virtute morum suavitate, forma, lepore, ac venustate Ser. Vinc. Duci Mant. ap%91p%93rime chara, acerba heu morte sublata hoc tumulo beneficentiss. principis jussu, repentino adhuc casu moerentis aeternum quiescit. Nomen mundo, deo vivat anima. Obiit adolescentiae anno XVIII die IX Martij MDCVIII.%22″ back_description=”Quelle: Carlo d’ Arco: Iscrizioni che furono o sono in Mantova e nel Mantovano, ASM Archivio d’Arco, MSS228-9, vol. I, p. 276, no. 34″ animation_type=”push” direction=”down” main_height=”400px” back_bg_color=”#811f1d” front_bg_color=”#2c2e34″ front_desc_spacing=”20px” back_desc_spacing=”20px” main_height_tablet=”400px” main_height_phone=”400px” main_height_last_edited=”on|desktop” front_padding_tablet=”” front_padding_phone=”||||false|false” front_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” front_desc_spacing_tablet=”20px” front_desc_spacing_phone=”20px” front_desc_spacing_last_edited=”on|desktop” back_desc_spacing_tablet=”20px” back_desc_spacing_phone=”20px” back_desc_spacing_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” front_title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” front_title_font_size=”30px” front_description_text_color=”#FFFFFF” front_description_font_size=”20px” front_description_line_height=”2.5em” back_title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” back_title_font_size=”30px” back_description_text_color=”#FFFFFF” back_description_font_size=”20px” back_description_line_height=”2.5em” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” front_title_font_tablet=”” front_title_font_phone=”” front_title_font_last_edited=”on|phone” front_title_font_size_tablet=”25px” front_title_font_size_phone=”18px” front_title_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” front_description_font_size_tablet=”18px” front_description_font_size_phone=”14px” front_description_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” front_description_line_height_tablet=”1.3em” front_description_line_height_phone=”1.3em” front_description_line_height_last_edited=”on|tablet” back_title_font_tablet=”” back_title_font_phone=”” back_title_font_last_edited=”on|phone” back_title_font_size_tablet=”30px” back_title_font_size_phone=”16px” back_title_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” back_description_font_size_tablet=”20px” back_description_font_size_phone=”14px” back_description_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” back_description_line_height_tablet=”2.5em” back_description_line_height_phone=”1.3em” back_description_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][/ba_flipbox]
Photos: Oren Kirschenbaum
Programme
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643):
«Sestina. Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata» from Il sesto libro de madrigali (1614)
«Lamento d’Arianna » from Il sesto libro de madrigali (1614)
«Io mi son Giovinetta» from Il quarto libro de madrigali (1603)
«Damigella tutta bella» from Scherzi musicali a tre voci (1607)
Marco da Gagliano (1582-1643):
«Chi da lacci d’amor» from the opera La Dafne (1608)
Giovanna Baviera (*1988):
Variations for Viola da Gamba on “Il ballo di Mantova” (2019)
Orí Harmelin (*1981):
Variations for Theorbo on “La Monaca” (2019)
Lukas Huber (*1990):
«Il Lamento di Caterina» (2023/2024)
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