David Douglass

The popular image of the Renaissance Man is an educated, multi-talented humanist, advancing learning, art and culture. But what about the Renaissance Woman? Two acclaimed early music groups have joined forces for a concert that will summon the ghost of a woman who was a diplomat, military leader, mother, musician, and international tastemaker. Chicago's Newberry Consort will add their voices and strings to Piffaro's renaissance winds in a concert that focuses on one of the great 'influencers' of the Renaissance--Isabella d'Este, the Marchesa of Mantua, a ruler known to her peers as 'the First Lady of the World'.