(Photo credit: Nikolai Schukoff)

The Festival Barocco Alessandro Stradella has announced its line up for the 2024 season.

This article only features vocal works.

Opening the festival, artistic director Andrea De Carlo leads the Ensemble Mare Nostrum in Stradella’s oratorio “San Giovanni Battista.” Soloist are sopranos Silvia Frigato and Dorota Szczepańska, countertenor Danilo Pastore, tenor Roberto Manuel Zangari, and bass Masashi Tomosugi.

This performance will be recording in preparation to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the piece’s premiere in Rome. The recording will be released in 2025.

Performance Date: August 31, 2024

Soprano Heather Newhouse stars in “Baroque Au Feminin.” The concert features music by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo, and Francesca Caccini.

Performance Date: September 7, 2024

Tenor Pino de Vittorio performs alongside guitarist Marcello Vitale in “The Tarantellas Of Remorse.”

Performance Date: September 13, 2024

“Maxentius 2035,” Stradella y-project’s of compiling the complete work by Domenico Massenzio is presented under the leadership of Andrea De Carlo.

Performance Dates: September 13, 14, & 15, 2024