Monteverdi Festival Cremona 2026 Review: Soprano Silvia Frigato & Ensemble Mare Nostrum in Concert

Monteverdi Festival Cremona hosted “La Dea Delle Scene,” (The Goddess of the Scene) at the Museo del Violino’s Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium, featuring Italian soprano Silvia Frigato and director Andrea De Carlo with Ensemble Mare Nostrum performing works by Stradella, Pasquini, and Monteverdi. Museo del Violino’s Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium For five centuries Cremona has been renowned as the world capital for making {…}

Silvia Frigato & Heather Newhouse Lead the 2024 Festival Barocco Alessandro Stradella

(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 {…}