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Event Details
October 2, 2009
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Folger Elizabethan Theatre
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC, 20003
United States

Performance - Washington, DC

A Harmony of Friends: Music of Italy and China

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With pipa virtuoso Yang Wei and sopranos Jolle Greenleaf and Elizabeth Hungerford

The Folger Consort and guest artists perform Italian and Chinese music circa 1610, including song and brilliant instrumental music by Francesca Caccini (the first woman to compose an opera), Sigismundo d’India, Biagio Marini, and others, along with Chinese music for pipa, a type of Chinese lute.

Hours: Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 5pm and 8pm, Sunday at 2pm