(Foto: Monika Rittershaus / Courtesy of Opernhaus Zürich) George Frideric Händel composed “Agrippina” during his Italian tour, a work that marked a pivotal moment in his career. It solidified his grasp of Italian opera, represented his first genuine operatic triumph, and remains the earliest of his operas for which the complete score has survived intact. The libretto, written by Cardinal {…}
Details of the 2024 programming for XXIII International Festival of Sacred Music and Art has been announced. For the purposes of this article only vocal related events are included. Rossana Cardia, Angela Nicoli, Vincenzo Spinelli, and Gaetano Merone are soloists with the IlluminArt Chorus. Tomomi Nishimoto conducts Orchestra di Roma in Mozart’s “Requiem” in D minor. Performance Date: November 15, {…}
(Photo credit: Kost) The Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden has announced its slate for 2024. Handel’s “Il Trionfo del tempo e del Disinganno” opens the festival. Dorothee Oberlinger directs the Ensemble 1700 with soloists soprano Lombardi Mazzulli, countertenor Alois Mühlbacher, and tenor Laurence Kilsby. Performance Date: September 21, 2024 The Academy for Early Music Berlin performs works by Handel, Geminiani, Vivaldi, {…}
