The Texas premiere of a lost Vivaldi opera and a program exploring Spanish influence in the music of Boccherini are among the highlights of Mercury Baroque's 2010-11 season. Led by artistic director ...
Although Antonio Vivaldi is perhaps best-known now for his Four Seasons string concertos, it was the success of his first opera Ottone in Villa, which catapulted him into the heart of the opera world ...
It has never been easy to come to terms with prolific artists. The old saw is that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times. He didn’t. He could always surprise and delight, just like the recent ...
We play behind bars every week. No one can see our faces. We are shadows or dreams to the people.” Venice, Italy, 1716. Girls ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — The Catholic Church and the ...
Ferrara Archbishop Giancarlo Perego is attending the opening Thursday of Vivaldi's "Il Farnace" at the city's public theater, a decision hailed by the theater's artistic director as a "marvelous ...