| Music
PARIS: Music for the City of Light
January 11, 2013 8pm
January 12, 2013 7pm
Washington National Cathedral
Massachusetts & Wisconsin Avenues NW
Under a succession of illustrious masters of music, the singers and instrumentalists of Louis XIV’s Chapelle Royale on the outskirts of Paris performed the splendid music of Lully, Charpentier, Couperin, and others. Revel in these grand ceremonial pieces and sublime motets for choir, organ, and orchestra inside Washington’s own great cathedral. With period strings, organ, and Washington National Cathedral’s chamber vocal ensemble, Cathedra.
Tickets:
$30-$50
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| Exhibition
Nobility and Newcomers in Renaissance Ireland
January 19–May 19, 2013
10am–5pm Monday–Saturday
12pm–5pm Sunday
Folger Great Hall
Curators: Thomas Herron and Brendan Kane
Often portrayed only as a country in conflict during the 16th and 17th centuries, Ireland was also a place of intermingling culture and adaptability. Nobility and Newcomers explores both the conflict and the opportunities and challenges open to both Irish and English nobility, and reveals Ireland as a land of ideas and art.
Please note: Sundays, open NOON - 5pm
Tickets:
FREE
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| Theater
Henry V
January 22–March 10, 2013
Preview Dates: January 22–27, 2013
Regular Performance and Matinee Dates: January 28–March 10, 2013
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Richmond
Imagine the thrilling grasp for power by a young king whose ambition reaches beyond the English court to the fields of France.
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| Lectures
James Shapiro: 1599 and Essex’s Irish Rebellion
January 25, 2013 6pm
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
James Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and author of Prize-winning 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare. His talk explores the Essex Rebellion in Ireland and its link to Henry V.
Tickets:
Free
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| Special Event
Opening Night of Henry V
January 28, 2013 7:30pm
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
Enjoy the opening night performance of Folger Theatre's production of Henry V followed by a reception with the cast and company.
Members Only: Join Now
Tickets:
Members by invitation
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