Les Kapsber'girls

VOX FEMINAE Andrea Falconieri, Francesca Campana, Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo Vox Feminae honors several Italian female composers of the Seicento, who long remained in the shadows of musical history. Francesca Caccini, Francesca Campana, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda or Antonia Bembo nevertheless bear witness to the vitality and diversity of female creation in 17th-century Italy. Through arias, villanelles, and spiritual pages, these works reveal singular voices and an expressivity deeply rooted in the aesthetics of the early Baroque. Vox Feminae highlights five Italian female composers from the Seicento – voices that long remained underexposed in music history. Francesca Caccini, Francesca Campana, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda and Antonia Bembo show how lively and varied female musical creation was in 17th-century Italy. In arias, villanelles, and spiritual works, distinct musical personalities resonate, deeply rooted in the sound language of the early Baroque.