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Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero played in Lausanne for the first time

By Laura Servidei, 20 October 2024

A semi-staged production of Francesca Caccini's sole surviving opera is brought to life in Lausanne, featuring an outstanding cast of specialists in early music.

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Lausanne

22 Oct 2024

Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero played in Lausanne

By Laura Servidei

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Boston

Ruggiero liberated again as Boston Early Music Festival stages Francesca Caccini's Alcina

By Kevin Wells, 10 June 2023

A rare chance to see the first extant opera written by a woman, Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’ isola d’ Alcina.

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Boston

14 Jun 2023

BEMF stages Francesca Caccini's Alcina

By Kevin Wells

Hove

Rare revival of the earliest known opera by a female composer at Brighton Early Music Festival

By Nahoko Gotoh, 07 November 2015

Francesca Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina, performed at the Medici court in Florence in 1625, is said to be the first opera composed by a female composer.

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Hove

11 Nov 2015

Rare revival of the earliest known opera by a female composer

By Nahoko Gotoh