Huzzah!

After being Nominated to the final round of voting for the Bay Area’s 2023 “Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards” in Best Dance Performance for our collaboration with Dance Through Time of Pulcinella’s Dream! We’re at it again with June 2025 performances of The Emperor of the Moon.

Two Sold out Performances at San Francisco Internt’l Arts Festival June 15-25 2023

Characters of the Commedia dell’ Arte from Harlequin to Pantalone are caught in a labyrinth of mistaken identity, unrequited love and journey on the High Seas! Featuring the original 18th century music of Domenico Gallo, Giovanni Pergolesi and Carlo Monza that Stravinsky orchestrated for the 1920 ballet, “Pulcinella” and music of the “Comedie Italienne” by Jean-Joseph Mouret

Made possible by a Musical Grant from Intermusic SF and generous donors like you!

New performances of 18th c. Pantomime Ballet and Commedia d’elle Arte on the English Stage- in the works for June 2025!

“The Emperor of the Moon” with the music of Henry Purcell, John Blow, John Eccles and Gottfried Finger; Soprano Bethany Hill, Guest dancers from the New York Baroque Dance Company and Seattle Early Dance, a familiar cast of Commedia d’elle Arte characters, Puppetry and an unforgettable trip to the Moon.

Saturday, June 7 at the Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm

Sunday, June 8th at the Gunn Theatre, Legion of Honor in San Francisco 3:00 pm

Produced by the San Francisco Early Music Society and made possible with the generous assistance of an MGP grant from Intermusic SF!