Seville-based early music ensemble Accademia del Piacere will launch a three-city Spanish premiere tour of their new program “Sweeter Than Roses” in May.

The program, which features Grammy Award-winning tenor Michael Schade, will open on May 5 at the Auditorio Fonseca in Salamanca, before moving to Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional on May 6, and concluding on May 7 at Seville’s Real Fábrica de Artillería as part of the ensemble’s own Las Noches de Euterpe series.

“Sweeter Than Roses” is a celebration of 17th-century English vocal tradition, weaving together music by John Dowland and Henry Purcell. Fahmi Alqhai leads the performance at the quintón.

Schade has performed all around the world and has been a regular presence at the Wiener Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, and the Teatro Colón. He holds Austria’s Kammersänger title and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Accademia del Piacere, founded and led by Alqhai, has performed at the Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne philharmonics, the Vienna Konzerthaus, and venues across Japan and the United States.