Does love conquer all, or does passion lead to desperation? Can a woman be wronged and betrayed and still maintain her essential power? Mythology and history teach us that women are passive actors in their own stories, but this program shows us what can happen when women take their fate into their own hands.

With selected arias by Clérambault and Montéclair, seamlessly intertwined with instrumental movements by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre and Hotteterre, this program gives voice to the triumphs and pitfalls of love, with the female voice demanding to be heard.

Guest artist Ilse Eerens has been praised for her luminous voice, musical sensitivity, and versatility; together with the core members of Horizon, this collaboration depicts strength and passion, sorrow and outrage.