Friday, November 9th, 8:00pm EDT. The Fabbri Library of the House of the Redeemer, 7 East 95th Street, New York, New York 10128. Buy tickets here. Tenor Riccardo Pisani with Ensemble Ricercare Antico: Serena Bellini, recorders; Giovanni Bellini, archlute; Matteo Coticoni, violone; Francesco Tomasi, theorbo, baroque guitar, and artistic direction.

An acclaimed ensemble of Florentine and Roman virtuosi makes their New York and US debut with a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of Giulio Caccini (1551 – 1618). Roman by birth and Florentine by choice, Giulio Caccini was a founding member of the Florentine Camerata, sometimes known as the Camerata Bardi, the gathering of composers, poets, theorists, and performers who gave life to a new art form called opera.

Please join us in the ravishing 17th-century library of the House of the Redeemer, a space of the same era as opera's birth, to honor the composer, tenor, and multi-instrumentalist who changed the course of music history. Click here to listen.