Italian Light on Monteverdi - NYTimes.com Magalie Bouchet Anna Caterina Antonacci is performing this week with Les Siècles, a period-instrument group. Though she is beloved of connoisseurs and critics, the Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci remains little known among a broader New York public. It's not for lack of talent, since she is an artist of singular gifts and refined temperament. But her local performances have been limited to just two concerts: one in February 1999, the other in April 2012. Unconventional and intense, Ms. Antonacci has become a specialist in the intimate affair, comfortable and potent in the early-music repertory. "Era la Notte," a 2006 album she made for the Naïve label, is the starting point for two concerts she will present this week, staged by Juliette Deschamps and costumed by Christian Lacroix for Lincoln Center's White Light Festival. With members of Les Siècles, a French period-instrument orchestra, Ms. Antonacci will perform Monteverdi's heady "Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" and "Lamento d'Arianna: Lasciatemi morire," and complementary works by Giramo and Strozzi. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, 212-721-6500, whitelightfestival.org.