Name: Monteverdi's Vespers
Start: 2026-03-02
End: 2026-03-03
Location: St Peter's Cathedral

When

02 Mar - 03 Mar

Where

St Peter's Cathedral

Tickets

Adult

$119

Festival Friends

$101

Concession*

$95

Under 40**

$40

Full-time student^

$40

Transaction fees apply
* Pensioner, Health Care Card holder, MEAA/Actors’ Equity member. NOTE: Commonwealth Senior Health and Seniors Cards are ineligible for concession
** Limited capacity, ID required
^ ID required

Times

Mon 2 Mar 8pm
Tue 3 Mar 8pm

Duration

1hr 50mins, no interval

Note

Performed in Latin, with no surtitles.
Texts and translations provided.

Experience one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written

Be transported through time and space to one of the cultural glories of western civilisation and spend an evening in Saint Mark’s Basilica, Venice at the dawn of the Italian Baroque.

Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 – astonishing for the grandeur of its conception and the opulence of its sound – immediately conjures the splendour and pageantry of Venice’s golden age. In his setting of the Vespers, Monteverdi drew on centuries of sacred music tradition, but he broke the mould by bringing the theatricality and drama of opera into the church.

Over two special nights, Pygmalion will revive the spirit of St Mark’s through a spatialised performance of the Vespers in the spectacular acoustic of St Peter’s Cathedral.

Download the Monteverdi's Vespers Program

“A game-changer ... This could very well be *the* performance of the Vespers to have”

Presto Music

Images © Fred Mortagne

Presenting Partner The Australian

Generously supported by Friends of South Australian Arts, a sub-fund of Australian Communities Foundation (supported by Foundation SA).

Pygmalion is in residence at the National Opéra of Bordeaux. It is supported by the Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the city of Bordeaux, the Département de la Gironde, the Nouvelle Aquitaine region and the Centre national de la musique. It is an associated ensemble of the Opéra Comique (2023-2027). It is also supported by Château Bailly, honorary patron of the ensemble, and by Fondation d’Entreprise Société Générale.

Raphaël Pichon Conductor

Sopranos: Julie Roset, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Perrine Devillers
Alto: William Shelton
Tenors: Laurence Kilsby, Samuel Boden, Tomáš Král
Bass: Renaud Brès, René Ramos Premier

CHOIR
Sopranos: Camille Allérat, Adèle Carlier, Anne-Emmanuelle Davy, Perrine Devillers, Alice Foccroulle, Eugénie de Padirac, Julie Roset, Maïlys de Villoutreys
Altos: Corinne Bahuaud, Lewis Alexander Hammond, Marie Pouchelon, Yann Rolland, William Shelton
Tenors: Davy Cornillot, Samuel Boden, Constantin Goubet, Guillaume Gutierrez, Laurence Kilsby, Randol Rodriguez
Bass: Renaud Brès, Frédéric Bourreau, Tomáš Král, Guillaume Olry, René Ramos

ORCHESTRA (* continuo)
Violins: Sophie Gent, Louis Creac’h
Violoncello: Antoine Touche (*)
Violas da gamba: Julien Léonard (*), Garance Boizot(*), Sarah Van Oudenhove, Hyérine Lassalle
Double bass: Chloé Lucas (*)
Recorders: Julien Martin, Evolène Kiener
Bassoon: Evolène Kiener (*)
Cornetts: Emmanuel Mure, Lambert Colson
Sackbuts: Bart Vroomen, Susanna Defendi, Guy Hanssen
Harp: Angélique Mauillon (*)
Theorbos: Thibaut Roussel (*), Gabrielle Rubio (*)
Organ: Pierre Gallon (*)
Harpsichords: Pierre Gallon (*), Ronan Khalil (*)