The Solaria Singers joined by the Solaria Players, the NEW Orlando Sings chamber orchestra, perform the 1610 Vespers by Claudio Monteverdi, the most important and pioneering composer of his day. Monteverdi was a master of the Renaissance and then helped usher in the Baroque Period through his ravishing and captivating compositional style. Titled the Vespro della Beata Vergine, the Vespers represent the best of the old and new styles of the time. A monumental masterpiece of the early Baroque — it is both personal and magnificent, spiritual and theatrical, sublime and sensual. Monteverdi serves up a plethora of textures, a sparkling orchestra, grand choruses, and captivating solo arias and duets.