Newberry Consort Gives an Introduction to Renaissance Singer Madama Europa
“The Newberry Consort opened its 2022–23 Hyde Park season Saturday night, Oct. 29 with a glorious concert at Congregation Rodfei Zedek, 5200 S. Hyde Park Blvd., celebrating the life of Madama Europa, a singer at the Gonzaga Court. Known also as Madama Europa di Rossi, she was the sister of composer Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570–1630) and the first woman to be considered a great Jewish opera star.
The new director of the Newberry Consort, Liza Malamut, created a wide-ranging program of music that Madama Europa likely sang during her career, all arranged in an imaginative manner.”