I’ll be hard to Handel, I promise you that
For my early self-birthday gift “Trove Thursday” offers a Handel-orgy of rarely done works.
6 pieces since 2013 — in 3 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Les Arts Florissants.
For my early self-birthday gift “Trove Thursday” offers a Handel-orgy of rarely done works.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s opera David et Jonathas, written for a celebration at a Jesuit school in 1688, premiered together with a Latin verse drama, Saul, now lost.
You have only until Sunday to catch the most heart-breaking moments seen on New York City operatic stages this season.
Armide with a superbly grand Francophone heroine in Karina Gauvin and conducted by the always excellent Ivor Bolton.
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