(Ph. Nicola Allegri)

Countertenor and conductor Raffaele Pe will be taking his La Lira di Orfeo to three major halls this fall.

The first stop on the all-Vivaldi concert tour is Wigmore Hall in London where the countertenor and the ensemble presented “#solomonteverdi.” The showcase is set for Oct. 23, 2024.

From there, the ensemble heads to the Teatro Auditorium Manzoni in Bologna for a performance on Oct. 28 followed by showcases at the Teatro Niccolini on Nov. 23 and then at the Philharmonie in Vilnius for a holiday presentation on Dec. 21.

“Known for his instrumental music, and increasingly, in recent years, also for his theatre works, our choice to focus on Vivaldi’s more intimate and less performed repertoire aims at spreading his composing skills also in this area,” Pe said per an official press release. “These works don’t center on the violin, his favorite instrument, but are just as equally able to highlight the virtuoso qualities of his interpreters and create lively musical polyptychs in which the charisma and exuberance of his writing are vivid and unconventional, both in the melodic and in the harmonic spheres».