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There’s nothing more heartbreaking in surveying the current state of […]
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747) was a gifted cellist and a rival of Handel’s; he wrote more than 30 operas and 300 cantatas. I approached this “serenata
After the failure of Deidamia in 1741, Handel turned exclusively–and successfully–to the composition of oratorios. And while it’s true that tastes in England had changed
What a pleasant surprise! A tango program wrapped in an enigmatic, early-music-like cover, cloaked in a mysterious, historical/stylistic concept. There are lots of old instruments,
When this set appeared 12 years ago it pushed all the other recorded versions of Giulio Cesare aside, and now, examining it again and even
You may have noticed that two composers are named for this opera. As we know, opera librettos frequently were set to music by more than
The plot is as follows: We are on an island where women reign; three of them–Tulia, Aurora, and Cintia–argue over who should become Queen. Their
