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Composer: Porpora, Nicola (1686-1768)

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Cloître de l'Abbaye de Silvacane

La Roque d'Anthéron

Fri 31 Jul at 18:30

Caldara, Vivaldi, Legrenzi, Bach, Porpora, Marini, Froberger, Biber, Anonymous, Muffat, Fux

Acabo, Rastegar, Talibart, Wolff, The Banshies

Wigmore Hall

Fri 13 Nov at 19:30

Conti, Scarlatti, Fux, Marcello, Porpora, Hasse, Haydn

Prandi, Lo Monaco, Orchestra Ghislieri, Coro Ghislieri

© Clarissa Lapolla

Palau de la Música: Sala de Concerts

Mon 30 Nov at 20:00

Vivaldi VC, Vivaldi VC, Purcell, Hasse, Porpora, Broschi, Sellitto

Fagioli, Gabetta, Gabetta Consort

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Julia Lezhneva, Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico © Tom Wright | Wigmore Hall

Thrills and trills: Julia Lezhneva takes Il Giardino Armonico into extra time at Wigmore Hall

By Mark Pullinger

Renato Dolcini and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra © Laura Maraniti

Renato Dolcini on an Italian tour with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

By Sandra Bowdler

Porpora's L'Angelica is a sensual, virtuosic love triangle in Martina Franca

By Lorenzo Fiorito

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Philharmonie de Paris: Salle des concerts de la Cité de la musique

Banchieri, Stradella, Vecchi, Handel, de Wert, Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Haydn, Sarro, Mozart, Porpora

Christie, Martín-Cartón, Desandre, Vistoli, Scott, Dolcini, Ward, Les Arts Florissants

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Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House

Until 31 Jul 23:59

Fagioli, Bénos-Djian, Coca Loza, Lezhneva, Way, Plewniak, Opéra royal de Versailles, Pancrazi, Fontaine, Lacroix, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles, Dolle, Académie de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles

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Until 31 Jul 23:59

Handel, Porpora, Broschi, Vivaldi

Licht, Pastuszka, [Oh!] Orkiestra Historyczna

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Nicola Porpora © Public Domain

Nicola Porpora as opera composer

By Nahoko Gotoh

Fact file

Year of birth	1686
Year of death	1768
Nationality	Italy
Period	Baroque

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