When in Rome
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s only opera for Rome was written to an existing libretto by the great Pietro Metastasio, L’Olimpiade, which had already been set by Vivaldi the year previously.
Jennifer Rivera
3 pieces since 2009 — in 2 roles, at 1 company, most often at New Orleans Opera Association.
3
pieces
2
roles
1
company
18
years
By role
By company
Role Licida
Role Stéphano
Star-crossed in Crescent City
La Cieca’s misnomered intime No Expert writes: The New Orleans Opera Association likes to describe New Orleans as “America’s First City of Opera,” and it’s true that opera performance has a long history in the Crescent City, dating back to at least 1796 when André Ernest Grétry’s Sylvain was presented. Since then, New Orleans, and […]