Hear the heartsick cry of 16th-century Italian madrigals, from the pen of the first woman to publish under her own name, Maddalena Casulana. Journey through a 17th-century London theatre to hear the Shakespearean love-songs of Henry Purcell, and then be beguiled by the mysterious, Mademoiselle Duval, the second woman to have an opera staged in Paris. Along the way, joyous instrumental dances, haunting sinfonias and charming minuets thread together tales of female love.