On February 19, 2023. Chatham Baroque will present Ensemble Dialogos’ run of “Barlaam and Josaphat.” This program sets to music the medieval Christian legend which adapts the story of the Buddha, drawing from the repertoires of Greek, Latin, Russian, Croatian, French, and Italian manuscripts. Among the featured performers are Katarina Livljanic, violinist and composer Albrecht Maurer, and flautist Norbert Rodenkirchen. {…}
Chatham Baroque is set to perform ‘The Isle of Delos” in February with soprano Sherezade Panthaki. The program will feature the sublime music of Èlisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, a keyboard prodigy in the court at Versailles turned composer extraordinaire. The performance will include Jacquet de la Guerre’s bucolic cantata for chamber ensemble and solo voice which sets a sensual, {…}
Pittsburgh Opera continues the 2022-23 season with a performance of Händel’s baroque opera “Ariodante” in association with Chatham Baroque. The showcase, which is scheduled for Jan. 21-29, 2023, will take place at the CAPA Theater in Pittsburgh. Taking on the title role will be Jazmine Olwalia, with Emily Richter as Ginerva. Polinesso will be interpreted by Chuanyuan Liu with Daniel {…}
Pittsburgh-based Chatham Baroque has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic works. The first vocal performance of the year will feature soprano Sherezade Panthaki as she takes on the cantata “The Isle of Delos” alongside such instrumentalists as Kathryn Montoya, Kathie Stewart, Charlotte Mattax Moersch, Andrew Fouts, Patricia {…}
(Credit: Chatham Baroque Facebook Page) The Chatham Baroque has announced that it will relocate to the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Campus in East Liberty/Highland Park. In that way, the organization will have its offices, rehearsal space, and a performance venue all in one location, enabling the ensemble to centralize many activities. “What first caught our attention about the PTS campus were {…}