"Goddesses and Monsters" features songs from the 17th and 18th century theatrical and sacred traditions in Spain, as well as instrumental music from the period.  We'll present music by composers such as Calderon, Duron, and Literes, as well as selections from the fascinating Trujillo Codex...

One of the greatest and most timeless of political satires was written in the 14th Century!   Le Roman de Fauvel skewers an ass of a man who personified political corruption in the Medieval French court: he was  greedy, envious lustful, lazy, self-dealing, and nepotistic. ...