Dolcissima Speranza: Featuring Renowned Tenor Thomas Cooley

Dolcissima Speranza (“Sweetest Hope”) is a chamber series concert presented by the Washington Bach Consort, featuring the internationally renowned tenor Thomas Cooley. The program explores the dawn of the Baroque era through music of early seventeenth‑century Italy, tracing the emergence of a new expressive language from the pioneering works of Jacopo Peri, Giulio Caccini, and Claudio Monteverdi to the striking originality of Sigismondo d’India and Barbara Strozzi. Cooley, whose career spans major international stages including Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, and the Berlin Philharmonie, brings exceptional dramatic instinct and stylistic command to this richly curated journey into the rhetorical daring and evolving vocal aesthetic that gave rise to the Baroque.

When: Friday, October 23, 2026 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 7:00 pm.

Showtimes: 7:00 pm both evenings.

Tickets: Price is not listed; single tickets may be purchased through the Washington Bach Consort box office. Subscription packages for the 2026–2027 season are available and offer benefits including no ticketing fees, discounted tickets, priority seating, and ticket exchange.

Lineup: Thomas Cooley, tenor, with the Washington Bach Consort. The program features works by Jacopo Peri, Giulio Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi, Sigismondo d’India, and Barbara Strozzi.

Run time: Not specified.

Ages: Not stated; typical chamber concert audience guidelines apply.

Venue: Friday’s performance takes place at Live! at 10th & G in Washington, DC. Saturday’s performance takes place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, also in Washington, DC.

Note: This concert is part of the Washington Bach Consort’s Chamber Series. Subscribers receive priority seating and other benefits; subscriptions and additional information are available by calling 202.429.2121.