Good news bear
Teatro Real continued their 200 years’ celebration by premiering a piece that they have never done before, Francesco Cavalli’s opera La Calisto.
Louise Alder
5 pieces since 2019 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Teatro Real.
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4
roles
2
companies
8
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By role
By company
Role Calisto
Role Cleopatra
Now you Caesar, now you don’t
Before stopping at Carnegie Hall this weekend, The English Concert returned to the Bay Area last week with a fiery performance of Giulio Cesare
Role Euridice
Straight to hell
November in New York hosts two premieres dedicated to mythology’s greatest musician, which prompts Trove Thursday to present a vintage Monteverdi L’Orfeo with Judith Raskin and Gérard Souzay conducted by Leopold Stokowski (!) and a recent HIP London broadcast of Luigi Rossi’s L’Orfeo.
Role Micaëla
It takes a woman
The plight of two women, each from different backgrounds, was on full display in San Francisco opera houses last week.