FRANCESCO CAVALLI AND THE DAWN OF VENETIAN OPERA
International Marco Scacchi Early Music Festival
3 March 2026, 6 p.m.
Renaissance Hall of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
FROM ROME TO VILNIUS
“Mars en Baroque” Early Music Festival, Marseille
8 March 2026, 11 a.m.
Marseille Opera House, France
Renata Dubinskaitė, mezzo-soprano
Filip Hruby, harpsichord, organ
Rodrigo Calveyra, cornetto, recorder, artistic director
X KRETINGA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: PRE-FESTIVAL EVENTS
Educational Renaissance music concert for schoolchildren
22 April 2026, 12:15 p.m. Kretinga Franciscan Gymnasium
Charity Concert for Seniors
22 April 2026, 2:30 p.m. Padvariai Social Care Home
Ieva Gaidamavičiūtė, soprano
Renata Dubinskaitė, mezzo-soprano
Povilas Vanžodis, tenor
Nerijus Masevičius, bass
Rodrigo Calveyra, artistic director and conductor
THE THEATRES OF SHADOWS AND LIGHTS: FRANCESCO CAVALLI AND THE DAWN OF VENETIAN OPERA
24 April 2026 – Baroque Spring in Biržai
26 April 2026 – Birštonas Kurhaus
23 July 2026 – Kintai Music Festival
24 July 2026 – Kruonis Renaissance Nights
28 November 2026 – Leipalingis Manor
29 November 2026 – Panemunė Manor
Rodrigo Calveyra, artistic director, recorder, cornetto
Renata Dubinskaitė, mezzo-soprano
Rodney Prada, viola da gamba
Miguel Rincon, archilute
Cristiano Gaudio, harpsichord
THE MUSICAL HERITAGE OF CATHERINE JAGIELLON
10 May 2026, 4 p.m.
Uppsala Museum, Sweden
Renata Dubinskaitė, mezzo-soprano
Mariangiola Martello, harpsichord
Rodrigo Calveyra, artistic director, cornetto, recorder
X KRETINGA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERT
21 June 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Kretinga Franciscan Church
“Canto Fiorito”, artistic director Rodrigo Calveyra
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, artistic director Mindaugas Bačkus
Teodoro Bau, viola da gamba
Andrea Buccarella, organ, harpsichord
Rodrigo Calveyra, recorder, conductor
THE THEATRES OF SHADOWS AND LIGHTS: FRANCESCO CAVALLI AND THE DAWN OF VENETIAN OPERA
23 July 2026 – Kintai Music Festival
24 July 2026, 8:00 p.m. – Kruonis Renaissance Nights
Rodrigo Calveyra, artistic director, recorder, cornetto
Renata Dubinskaitė, mezzo-soprano
Rodney Prada, viola da gamba
Margherita Burattini, baroque harp
Gabriel Smallwood, harpsichord
X KRETINGA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: MAIN PROGRAM
30 July – 16 August 2026
Kretinga Franciscan Church
The full programme of the 10th anniversary edition of the Kretinga Early Music Festival is available on the festival’s new website: www.kretingafestival.lt
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL „GIULIO CESARE“
Klaipėda State Musical Theatre
The first historically informed Baroque opera production in Lithuania to enter the theatre’s repertoire
Educational Talks at the Klaipėda Musical Theatre foyer:
September 19, 2026, 6 p.m.
“Historically Informed Performance of Opera”
Participants: conductor Rodrigo Calveyra, assistant conductor and harpsichordist Filip Hrubý, soloist Renata Dubinskaitė
September 26, 2026, 6 p.m.
“G. F. Händel’s opera „Giulio Cesare”
Participants: conductor Rodrigo Calveyra, director Tristan Braun, soloist Renata Dubinskaitė
October 3, 2026, 6 p.m.
“What Determines the Distinctive Sound of Baroque Music?”
Participants: opera conductor Rodrigo Calveyra, soloists Christopher Lowrey and Renata Dubinskaitė
PREMIERES
October 9, 10 and 13, 2026
Georg Friedrich Händel’s opera „Giulio Cesare“
Conductor: Rodrigo Calveyra
Director: Tristan Braun
Choreographer: Nicola Mascia
Set and costume designer: Sebastien Ellrich
Julius Caesar – Christopher Lowrey (USA / UK)
Cleopatra – Lina Dambrauskaitė
Ptolemy – Ivo Posti (Estonia)
Cornelia – Wiktoria Wizner (Poland)
Sesto – Renata Dubinskaitė
Achilla – Vilius Trakys
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, artistic director Mindaugas Bačkus
Kornelija Kupšytė – cello
CANTO FIORITO
Filip Hrubý – conductor‘s assistant, harpsichord, organ
Rodolfo Richter – baroque violin, concertmaster
Ursula Paludan Monberg – natural horn
Gilberto Caserio and Aleksandra Mutwicka – baroque oboes
Tomasz Wesołowski and Gabriel Mucha – baroque bassoons
Margherita Burattini – baroque harp
Vincent Flückiger – archlute
Martin Bauer – viola da gamba
Ballet Company of the Klaipėda State Musical Theatre
CATHERINE JAGIELLON: 500 YEARS OF THE QUEEN’S CULTURAL LEGACY
Lectures-concerts commemorating the 500th anniversary of Queen Catherine of Sweden
November 19, 2026 – Kėdainiai Multicultural Centre
November 20, 2026 – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius
November 21, 2026 – Biržai Regional Museum “Sėla”
Rodrigo Calveyra – artistic director, cornetto, recorder
Renata Dubinskaitė – mezzo-soprano
Karl Nyhlin – archlute (Sweden)
Mariangiola Martello – harpsichord (Sweden)
Erika Meškauskienė – lecturer
BRINGING GIOVANNI PAOLO COLONNA’S LOST MASTERPIECE TO LIFE
25 November 2026 – Lithuanian National Philharmonic
26 November 2026 – Klaipėda Concert Hall
Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
“Missa a più cori con più cori di stromenti”
“Sacre Lamentationi della Settimana Santa a voce sola”
Conductor and artistic director: Rodrigo Calveyra
Soloists:
Ieva Gaidamavičiūtė, Monta Martinsonė, Viktorija Stanelė-Bakan – sopranos
Renata Dubinskaitė, Nora Petročenko, Saulė Šerytė – altos
Vygandas Bemovas, Ignas Ščesnulevičius, Povilas Vanžodis – tenors
Gabrielius Gaidamavičius, Arūnas Maliukas, Nerijus Masevičius – basses
Mindaugas Bačkus – cello
Filip Hrubý – organ
Early music ensemble Canto Fiorito, artistic director Rodrigo Calveyra
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, artistic director Mindaugas Bačkus
The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Vilnius City Municipality.
Partners: Klaipėda Concert Hall and the Lithuanian National Philharmonic
THE THEATRES OF SHADOWS AND LIGHTS: FRANCESCO CAVALLI AND THE DAWN OF VENETIAN OPERA
28 November 2026 – Leipalingis Manor Festival
29 November 2026 – Panemunė Manor Early Music Festival
Rodrigo Calveyra – artistic director, recorder, cornetto
Renata Dubinskaitė – mezzo-soprano
Teodoro Bau – viola da gamba
Margherita Burattini – baroque harp
Filip Hrubý – harpsichord
