UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, October 12th, 6:00PM

L.A. Camerata returns to City Garage Theatre with a program centered on two driving factors of madness: remembrance and revenge. This second iteration of “Madwomen” weaves together theatrical scenes and historically-informed music to reclaim women’s rage.

In collaboration with the LA Female Playwrights Initiative

Featuring works by: Shakespeare, Chandra Thomas, Claudio Monteverdi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Antonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Isabella Leonarda, Henri de Bailly, Rachel Iba, and more!

Performances by: Michaela Slezak (actor), Inger Tudor (actor), Donnie Smith (actor), Ianthe Marini (actor & mezzo-soprano), Sarah Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Amy Wang (baroque violin), Rachel Iba (baroque violin, actor, & author), Johannes Eberhart (baroque viola), Marylin Winkle (baroque cello & viola da gamba), Sonia Lee (harpsichord)

5:30PM Doors & Bar Open

Admission by donation (pay-what-you-can)

Location: City Garage Theater, Bergamot Station Arts Center | 2525 Michigan Ave T1, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Free parking in large lot. Lot can fill on busy nights, so allow time for parking. Guests strongly encouraged to save our planet by taking the Metro to Bergamot Station!

RECENT EVENTS

Madwomen

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Saturday, June 28th, 8:00PM

For centuries, artists have used women’s anger as a trope. From ancient theatre to opera, men have written madwomen scenes that equate anger, sadness, and bewilderment with hysteria or insanity. This performance will reclaim that madness! “Madwomen” will include theatrical scenes and live, historically-informed music on period instruments.

Featuring works by: Sophocles, Euripides, Shakespeare, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Francesca Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi, Marin Marais, Antonio Vivaldi, and more!

Performances by: Jennifer Bush (actor), Corryn Cummins (actor), Donnie Smith (actor), Ariel Pisturino (soprano), Sarah Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Amy Wang & Rachel Iba (baroque violins), Johannes Eberhart (baroque viola), Marylin Winkle (baroque cello & viola da gamba), Sonia Lee (harpsichord)

7:30pm Doors Open

Admission: by donation, pay-what-you-can.

Early Modern Women’s Music Workshop

SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH | Private Residence in Vermont Square Park, 1317 W. 51st Street / Los Angeles, CA 90037. Free street parking available in the neighborhood.

L.A. Camerata Artistic Director Marylin Winkle leads a day of workshops exploring music by women composers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Three workshop sessions will be offered, targeting instrumental/vocal disciplines, maximizing opportunities for participation. Proceeds from this event will fund L.A. Camerata's upcoming event, "Madwomen."

The cost to participate is now PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN, with suggested donation levels of $35 per workshop session or $90 for the full day (with snacks and lunch included). Currently-enrolled students may participate for free.

The full schedule will be as follows:

10:00-11:30am Strings: Using bows to articulate texts in consort, in addition to reading pieces for strings. Violas da gamba and baroque violin family instruments welcome. This session will be at A=415.

11:30-12:00 Refreshment Break & Exhibition: Light snacks provided. Participants welcome to bring treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers.

12:00-1:30 Voices & Instruments: We will the first half of our time reading madrigals with instruments colla parte. In the second half of this section, we will read larger concertante works. All voices and instruments welcome. This session will be at A=415.

1:30-2:00 Lunch Break & Exhibition: Assorted sandwiches provided and participants encouraged to contribute treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers.

2:00-3:30 Soft Winds: Using instruments to articulate texts in consort, in addition to reading pieces for instruments. Recorders and other soft wind family instruments (i.e. traverso) welcome. This session will be at A=440.

Reading works by: Raffaella Aleotti, Francesca Caccini, Maddalena Casulana, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Sor. Juana Ines de la Cruz. Leonora Duarte, Camilla de Rossi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and more.

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Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina

400th Anniversary Celebration of the First Woman-Composed Opera

L.A. Camerata collaboration with the UCLA Early Music Ensemble

Co-Sponsored by The Colburn Foundation

Sunday, March 23, 2025—10:00am Special Collections Exhibition, 10:45am Seating Opens, 11:00am Performance, 12:30pm Reception

Location: UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2520 Cimarron Street

The UCLA Early Music Ensemble and L.A. Camerata will celebrate Early Music Month and Women’s History Month with an outdoor performance of the first opera composed by a woman. Caccini’s Alcina depicts a power struggle between two women—demigodess Melissa and sorceress Alcina—as they battle over Ruggiero and an entire island of enchanted lovers. This performance will include light staging and an ensemble of period instrumentalists.

Directors/Producers: Marylin Winkle (Stage & Music Director); Jillian Risigari-Gai Lopez (Assistant Director); Don Smith (Production Manager).

Full Cast List: Ariel Pisturino (Alcina); Ianthe Marini (Melissa); Jon Lee Keenan (Ruggiero); Vasken Ohanian (Nettuno, plant); Adam Faruqi (Pastore, plant); Iris Malkin (Dama disincantata); Krystal Mao (Sirena, Nunzia); Laur Trustee (Vistola Fiume, chorus); Abbey Thompson (Astolfa, chorus); Soo Bin Kwon (damsel, plant, monster); Charlotte Kelly (plant, chorus); Miranda Claxton (chorus); Ray Ingersoll (chorus); Corryn Cummins (Muse); Alex Barrios (Polish Prince Władysław IV Vasa). Click Here for principal cast bios.

Sinfonia: Eli Chenevert (baroque violin); Johannes Eberhart (baroque violin); Ashley Salinas (baroque violin); Suzy Hertzberg (treble viol); Minnie Seo (baroque cello, tenor viol); Bruce Teter (recorders, musette); Gerald Cotts (recorders); Natalie White (recorders); Davis Lerner (baroque bassoon); Lucas O’Brien (sackbut); Kenny Tran (sackbut); Ray Ingersoll (trumpet); Caleb Virkstis (baroque guitar); Seamus Byrne (lute); Erin Young (theorbo); Jillian Risigari-Gai Lopez (harp); Alaina Stark (harp); Emma Yim (harpsichord); Anthony Lopez (harpsichord).

FREE ADMISSION. RSVP Required. Click here for full event details, including RSVP form.

Berkeley Early Music Festival | Fringe Concert

From Her Songbook: Music for Maclean-Clephane, Wemyss, Pickering, and Other Women

L.A. Camerata performs music for and by women in England, Ireland, and Scotland on period instruments.

Saturday, June 15th, 2024 | 2:30 P.M.

Saint Mary Magdalen Church in Berkeley, CA

Performers: Ashley Salinas (baroque violin), Marylin Winkle (viola da gamba), Tamzin Elliott (cláirseach/ wire strung harp), Matthew Xie (baroque guitar & lute)

Admission by Donation, pay what you can. RSVP at this link: https://forms.gle/6CKz29cjZ4iNWyPW7