May 3, 1598, a blazing star of Renaissance power lost her light. Through the music of Cesarina Ricci & Strozzi, we remember her loss in #TheGentlewomen tinyurl.com/v2ffse5 #Opera #EarlyMusic #Oxford #RenaissanceWomen #WomeninMusic

May 3, 1598, a woman lost her life to the patriarchy. History may have forgotten her, but we haven't. Book now for an unforgettable musical experience, feat music by Cesarina Ricci and Barbara #Strozzi tinyurl.com/v2ffse5 💥#TheGentlewomen #Opera #EarlyMusic

Soprano Emily Brown Gibson talks about playing Anna Guarini, the victim of an honour killing in 1598 #opera #TheGentlewomen #feminism #Femicide #WomeninMusic Thanks to TORCH Oxford Wolfson College, Oxford @LaurieStras & Oxford Life-Writing for their support!

No better way of getting Renaissance Italian into the body than with some comedic exaggeration 🤪 #TheSnaresofLove #Renaissance #SaturdayVibes #ReDress

In between rehearsals, we grabbed a word w/ Elizabeth Gornall to hear her thoughts on women in opera and #TheGentlewomen #EarlyMusic #Opera #RenaissanceWomen #WomeninArt #FemaleScribblers @SuorAnonima Oxford Life-Writing Oxford Humanities OXOPS The Oxford Opera Society

Getting into character for #TheGentlewomen at St Mary Magdalene... it’s officially show week! #ShowWeek #renaissance #womeninmusic #ReDress TORCH Oxford Oxford Life-Writing Re:dress @fem_fatales Humanities Division Dr Eleanor Janega @cnlester @SuorAnonima Faculty of Music

It's #ShowWeek! Time to hear from the behind-the-scenes team for #TheGentlewomen , starting with 🛴GENDER SEGUÉ NEEDED 🛴 , our resident musicologist-in-training👩‍🎓 #EarlyMusic #Musicology #AcademicTwitter #Opera #Oxford OXOPS Oxford Life-Writing Faculty of Music TORCH Oxford

Our dress run is TOMORROW for #TheGentlewomen ! So excited for this amazing production #RenaissanceWomen #EarlyMusic #ReDress ⁦Re:dress⁩ ⁦Kate Kennedy⁩ ⁦Wolfson College, Oxford⁩ ⁦Archiv Frau & Musik⁩ ⁦@daffodilmusic⁩ facebook.com/events/3133741…

We've just had our dress rehearsal and we are THRILLED for tomorrow! We caught a quick word with our co-producer Izzy Rose on her thoughts for #TheGentlewomen 👇

HUGE thanks to our audience tonight! What an amazing performance 🎶 there are still tickets left for tomorrow’s show- we’ll see you there! #TheGentlewomen #Feminism #WomeninOpera

That face when you realise you haven't got a ticket yet for #TheGentlewomen 😱 We had rave reviews last night from our audiences last night, and tonight is your last chance to see for yourself! Come along at 7:15 to Mary Mags for an unforgettable performance ✨ #renaissancewomen

Thank you SO much to our audiences the past couple nights, as well as to our supporters at the Ambache trust and TORCH Oxford . It was a thrill to bring the world of 16th century Ferrara to life. We’ll see you soon for more exciting projects! #watchthisspace #TheGentlewomen