Performer: Stephen Stubbs

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

Seattle Opera’s tiny Tagney Jones Hall hosts a new production of Gluck's opera, but without the happy ending he was forced to provide. 

A riotous double bill of Pergolesi at the Boston Early Music Festival.