Kloster Eberbach, Eltville am Rhein, Basilika

In 1610, some 28 years after he had last composed anything for the church, Monteverdi quietly published what is now celebrated as one of the greatest pillars of the sacred Baroque repertoire. The Vespers of the Blessed Virgin is conceived on such a monumental scale, with such heartrending dramatic and theatrical effects, that it has been described as the greatest opera he never wrote. For the group's first appearance at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Dunedin Consort presents this astonishing 90-minute…