Valeria La Grotta & Omar Montanari Star in ‘Pergolesi Rediscovered’

By Afton Wooten

The Pergolesi Spontini Foundation is set to present “Pergolesi Rediscovered.”

Accademia Bizantina, led by harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone, return to the Festival to perform the world premiere of a new Symphony and five unpublished arias by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi from “Lo frate nnammorato.” The arias presented appear in both the 1732 and 1734 version of Pergolesi’s opera.

The vocal soloists include soprano Valeria La Grotta and baritone Omar Montanari.

This presentation is made possible by the joint efforts of the Pergolesi Spontini Foundation, the Milanese Study Center together with the University of Milan, and Casa Ricordi because of their discoveries in Paris and Münster.

“Pergolesi Rediscovered” is scheduled for Sept. 6 at the Pergolesi Theatre in Jesi.

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