With this latest opera, the company will have presented seven mostly lesser-known operatic and choral works by Handel. But just as Orlando is something of an outlier in the company’s repertoire, previous productions showcased two of the celebrated composer’s other operas – Amadigi di Gaula and Xerxes.
Haymarket Opera Continues Handel Series With Filmed ‘Orlando’ Starring Bejun Mehta Read More »
By turns joyful and stately, the pairing of lutenist John Schneiderman and mandolinist Hideki Yamayato proves be a natural fit.
CD Review: Lute And Mandolino Make Beautiful Baroque Music Read More »
In 1999, the Lilly Library of Indiana University purchased a leather-bound book of disparate works from a Brussels bookseller that includes a music treatise written (for the most part) in the unmistakable hand of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Book Review: Charpentier’s Touch Raises Treatise To Noteworthy Heights Read More »
Amid a long-overdue reckoning on race in the United States, Tafelmusik has reissued its 2003 album of Saint-Georges’s music with the goal of “properly centering the composer’s achievements.”
CD Review: Tafelmusik Reissue Salutes Chevalier de Saint-Georges Read More »
Marcie Ray’s book presents a serious commentary on women’s status within the cultural and social hierarchy from 1701 to 1745.
Book Review: Women ‘Dangerous’ And Otherwise Onstage in 18th-Century France Read More »
