Madrigals is a musical performance centered around the “zero point”. This primal point represents the fire around which early humans once gathered, the cosmic black hole where time and space vanish. In Madrigals, the performers merge into one another, dissolving differences in moments of self-transcendence. Madrigals takes you back to the source, moving against the current. The zero point symbolizes the fusion of classical and contemporary music into the heartbeat of a new world. It’s the shift from complex, multifaceted scenography to total emptiness on stage. Director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe brings Monteverdi’s Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi to life with an utopian energy.