Above: Clara Peeters (Flemish, ca. 1587–1636), A Bouquet of Flowers (detail), ca. 1612, Oil on wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.​
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The Hispanic Society of America
Concert Series Program #4

​​Apolo y Dafne

a zarzuela by Sebastián Durón and Juan de Navas (c. 1697)

Monday, June 28, 2021, 6PM (EST)
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Sonnambula rehearses Apolo y Dafne at the Hispanic Society of America, NYC. Photo by Elena Araoz.
The Hispanic Society of America
Concert Series Program #3

Virtuosos Españoles:
Spanish Masterworks of the 18th Century

with Jude Ziliak (violin) & James Kennerley (harpsichord)​

Monday, May 24, 2021, 6PM (EST)

Join us live! Sonnambula's Jude Ziliak and James Kennerley present an enchanting pre-recorded concert of baroque music from the eighteenth century, featuring rarely-heard gems by José Herrando, Juan Oliver y Astorga, Domenico Scarlatti, and Marianna Martinez. Audiences will be treated to Herrando's vivid sonic depiction of the celebrated Garden of Aranjuez in springtime — and the North American premiere of an as-yet unrecorded virtuosic sonata by Oliver y Astorga (1676). There will be a live Q&A with the artists after the concert.
L: James Kennerley (Tim Greenway); R: Jude Ziliak (Tatiana Daubek)
This event is free and will be streamed live via The Hispanic Society's YouTube Channel. Please note that only the musicians (and not viewers) will be visible.
The Hispanic Society of America
Concert Series Program #2
Exploring Apolo y Dafne (Duron, 1696):
A Conversation with the Artists
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 5PM (EST)

Join us live for a conversation about the zarzuela, Apolo y Dafne. Learn from the musicians about some of the most spectacular moments in the work, from its joyful and eclectic expressiveness to its deeply Spanish style. Listen in as they describe the intriguing complications of learning a virtually unknown opera and as they discuss the process of selecting scenes for our online performance this June. Viewers should feel welcome to pose their questions in the chat bar during the session. Featuring Elizabeth Weinfield, Artistic Director, Esteban La Rotta, Co-Music Director; Baroque Guitar, and Camille Zamora, Dafne; Soprano.

This event is free and will be streamed live via The Hispanic Society's YouTube Channel. Please note that only speakers (and not viewers), will be visible.
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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Señora de Sorolla in White, 1902.
© The Hispanic Society of America
Fredara Hadley
Ethnomusicologist
The Juilliard School
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Monday, March 22, 2021, 5PM (EST)

Join Elizabeth Weinfield in conversation with ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley for a critical look at diverse approaches to the study of women composers. Discussion will explore the convergences and divergences of musicology/ethnomusicology and will highlight Hadley's groundbreaking work on the music and life of Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977). Guests should feel welcome to ask questions at the end of the session via the YouTube chat bar.​​

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This event is free and will be streamed live via Sonnambula's YouTube Channel. Please note that only speakers (and not viewers), will be visible.
Guillaume Bernardi
Stage Director
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Monday, February 22, 2021, 5PM (EST)

The Hispanic Society’s 2020-2021 Concert Series is devoted to the production of the North American premiere of the opera, Apolo y Dafne (ca. 1696–99), in collaboration with Sonnambula. Apolo y Dafne is a dramatic opera, or zarzuela, by Spanish baroque composers Sebastián Durón (1660–1716) and Juan de Navas (ca. 1650–1719), with an all-female cast, unique for its time. Join us for a series of programs devoted to this work, beginning this evening with a special livestream conversation with Baroque opera veteran, Guillaume Bernardi (Oper Frankfurt) and Elizabeth Weinfield (Sonnambula). Learn about the complicated and fascinating process of mounting an opera production, particularly during our own uncertain times. What is the stage director's role in the process of depicting a dramatic work, and how is this complicated in a streamed production? Learn about the process of making an opera from a deeply historical perspective, with a behind-the-scenes look at our project in its most nascent stages.

This event is free and will be streamed live via The Hispanic Society's YouTube Channel. Please note that only the speakers (and not viewers), will be visible.
Adam Eaker
​Assistant Curator, European Paintings
​The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 5PM (EST)

Join Elizabeth Weinfield in conversation with Adam Eaker, Assistant Curator of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Eaker will discuss the The Met's recent acquisition of a painting by 17th-century Dutch painter Clara Peeters (ca. 1587–after 1636), and we'll listen to music by Peeters' contemporary, Leonora Duarte (1610–1678). Guests should feel welcome to ask questions at the end of the session via the YouTube chat bar.​​

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This event is free and will be streamed live via Sonnambula's YouTube Channel. Please note that only speakers (and not viewers), will be visible.
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Adam Eaker studied art history at Yale University and Columbia University, where he received his PhD in 2016. A specialist in Northern European and British painting of the sixteenth through the eighteenth century, he was previously a visiting scholar at the Rubenianum Research Institute for Flemish Art in Antwerp.

Elizabeth Weinfield is the Artistic Director of Sonnambula. She holds a PhD in historical musicology from The Graduate Center (CUNY) and teaches on the music history faculties at The Juilliard School at Queens College.