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Albany High School Madrigal Delights

Albany Veterans Memorial Building
Albany, CA

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Albany High School Madrigal Delights

Madrigal Delights: A Feast of Renaissance Frivolity

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All shows are sold out! Huge thanks to the Albany community for your support! Be sure to come back next year (same url ahsmadrigal.brownpapertickets.com)!

About the Show

MADRIGAL DELIGHTS is an annual Renaissance-inspired dinner (or luncheon) with singing, dancing, and entertainment provided by the Albany High School Choirs.

The King and Queen of the Albany High School Choirs invite you to our magnificent castle hall: kick off the holiday season with our royal court, beautiful maidens and pleasant peasants as we invite you for singing, dancing, acting, eating, and more. Be part of our Renaissance feast in the 16th century style!

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Special Saturday Matinee, 11AM Saturday, Dec 6
Only $12 for children and seniors!

This elementary and family-oriented matinee features a full luncheon and a longer revelry session where young children have the opportunity to participate in storytelling. face-painting, juggling, visiting the King and Queen on the Royal Throne, and interacting with beggars, sellers, and singers. There is a play featuring the Jester and the Royal Knights, as well as lots of great music!

Evening Performances, 7PM Friday Dec 5 and Saturday Dec 6

The Friday and Saturday evening performances include dinner, caroling, lively choral music and funny skits. One hundred talented high school students will wait on tables and entertain the audience while dressed in the style of medieval and Renaissance times. The king and queen in all their finery will preside over the royal hall, laughing with the audience at the antics of the joke-telling court jester.

Historical Context
A traditional Madrigal Dinner is a form of dinner theater that recreates Renaissance feasts and gatherings held in 16th century England during the winter season. They are set in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and are generally comedic in nature. Guests lucky enough to be invited into the King's halls for these dinners were treated to delicious food, great revelry, delightful humorous skits, and wonderful madrigals, carols, and instrumental music.