April 7 at noon
Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC
The Washington Bach Consort
Noontime Cantatas: Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163
For more information, call 202-429-2121.
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April 17 at 8:00 PM The Folger Consort with baritone William Sharp, soprano Rosa Lamoreaux, guest instrumentalists, and actors directed by Richard Clifford Miguel de Cervantes' 1605 masterpiece Don Quixote was immediately popular not only in Spain, but all across Europe. Translated into many languages, it became a source of inspiration for Henry Purcell, Thomas D'Urfey, Georg Philip Telemann, and many other composers during the Baroque and beyond. The music of these masters is performed with dramatic readings from Cervantes' great work. For more information, call 202-544-7077. April 18 at 7:30 PM Maryland Opera Studio In Handel's Xerxes, a ruthless ruler imagines himself omnipotent and tries to force the hand of Love itself. Not content with his impending marriage to the beautiful Amastre, the Persian potentate Xerxes pursues his brother's beloved Romilda also. Lust, treachery and foul play abound in this most extravagant of Baroque operas. Performed in Italian with English supertitles. For more information, call (301) 405-ARTS. 
April 19 at 7:30 PM Ensemble Galilei Mixing the colors and styles of early instruments with Celtic traditions, Ensemble Galilei is equally at home with Irish reels, medieval cantigas and English country dance tunes. Their latest collaboration, First Person: Stories from the Edge of the World, was developed with NPR's Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan and the National Geographic Society. The performance features Ensemble Galilei's brilliant music, spectacular images and narrative of original texts from some of the world's great explorers, seamlessly interwoven to convey the intellectual, physical and spiritual challenges faced by these extraordinary men and women. For more information, call (301) 405-ARTS.
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