Boston Early Mustic Festival: Telemann: Don Quichotte (Concert Version)
Tue, Dec 03
|Morgan Library & Museum (Gilder Lehrman)
Cervantes’s epic story is brought to life through the irresistible music of Georg Philipp Telemann!
Time & Location
Dec 03, 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Morgan Library & Museum (Gilder Lehrman), 225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
About the event
Join the singers, dancers, instrumentalists and directors of the GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series for a special presentation of two masterworks by Telemann. Enjoy a rare performance of Telemann’s lovely serenata, Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho, which sees Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza stumble upon the wedding of wealthy sheep rancher Comacho to the beautiful Quiteria—but her childhood sweetheart Basilio is ready to disrupt the festivities even if it’s the last thing he ever does! Woven throughout the entertainment will be movements from Telemann’s delightful orchestral suite Burlesque de Don Quichotte, a work that uses strikingly evocative music to depict various episodes from the classic novel by Cervantes.