Alessandro Stradella’s Ester Liberatrice del Popolo Ebreo

The Old Testament story of a blustering genocidal despot and the intrepid woman who resists and brings him down finds voice in one of the most innovative works of the violent, volatile, and tragically short-lived Alessandro Stradella.

Please join us for this groundbreaking masterwork by “the Caravaggio of Music" in a return of last year’s critically praised production celebrating the story of a minority’s triumph over religious persecution.

The March 5th performance takes place in the historic Brotherhood Synagogue, once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

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Ester: Jessica Gould; Speranza Celeste: Sarah Pillow; Mardocheo: José Lemos; Aman: Ian Pomerantz; Assuero: Paul An; Testo: Matthew Curran; Le Due Ebree: Martha Sullivan & Madeline Healey; Coro: Wendy Gilles & Alex Guerrero

Members and guests of the Stradella Consort, Estevan Velardi, director

Christa Patton, baroque harp; Diego Cantalupi, theorbo; Motomi Igarashi, violone & lirone; John Mark Rozendaal, baroque cello; Davide Pozzi, harpsichord & organ

Ester Liberatrice del Popolo Ebreo is co-produced by NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and the American Society for Jewish Music in partnership with Centro Primo Levi, with the generous support of the Charles Schwartz Foundation for Music and Brotherhood Synagogue.