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BEMF stages Francesca Caccini's Alcina
A rare chance to see the first extant opera written by a woman, Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’ isola d’ Alcina.
A fuller Monty: Monteverdi's Christmas Vespers
David Fallis and colleagues offered a ravishing -- and original -- gift of Christmas music with an "alternate" Venetian Vespers drawn from Monteverdi's last published collection of sacred music.
Oh, Susanna!
Handel's Susanna at the Göttingen International Handel Festival is unforgettable, a revelation.
Spiritual uplift with Suzuki's Mass in B minor by Bach
Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan deliver a generally satisfying Mass in B minor.
Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan entrance
Masaaki Suzuki leads Bach Collegium Japan in delicate renderings of the Orchestral Suite no.3, the Double Concerto and the Magnificat that convince more in the slower passages.
Niobe, Regina di Tebe à Toulouse
Le Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra et pas moins de neufs chanteurs issus de différents horizons étaient réunis pour l’exécution du septième opéra en trois actes du compositeur italien Agostino Steffani, Niobe, Regina di Tebe.