Abstract
Performances of Monteverdi's 1624 cantata "Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda," Marco de Gagliano's 1608 opera "La Dafne" and Haydn's 1768 comic work "Lo Speziale" take place at Valtice Castle and in the Church of the Assumption in the wine region of southern Moravia, the site since 1990 of a joint Czech and American effort to bring music and feasting back to the castle.
Taking part will be the ensembles Aston Magna of Great Barrington, Mass., Musica Florea of northern Bohemia, the Camerata RSX of Prague, the Cleveland Orchestra and Classical Opera Players and the European Mozart Academy.