Chanticleer unveils its first fully staged production since its landmark Curlew River, opening a bold new chapter in the ensemble’s artistic evolution. Directed by acclaimed opera visionary Elkhanah Pulitzer, the world premiere of The Machaut Project offers an immersive, visually striking journey into the richly textured medieval world of Guillaume de Machaut.

A composer, poet, and master of self-invention, Machaut stood at the threshold of modern music, shaping sound into something enduring. In this staging, Chanticleer and Pulitzer draw audiences into a realm of devotion and desire, where courtly love becomes a meditation on the human heart. Love, Faith, and Hope emerge not as abstractions but as vivid, living forces. Through elegant restraint and ritualized gesture, the singers reveal both the beauty of medieval courtship and the vulnerability beneath it—the universal longing to be seen, understood, and loved without disguise.