Band in Boston
In the triumphant American premiere of Orlando Generoso at the Boston Early Music Festival last week, the hippogriff was among the many stars of the show.
Zachary Wilder
8 pieces since 2013 — in 5 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Boston Early Music Festival.
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By company
Role Brunello
Role Don Basilio and Curzio
Everything old is new again
All things were, indeed, made new again, when Boston’s venerable Handel & Haydn Society brought Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro to the stage, their first time doing so in its entirety, as their 2,576th concert on Thursday.
Role Eurimaco, Lucano
Crepuscolo
“It’s not easy being green”: especially if you’re the two greatest Italian opera composers.
Role Linfea
No need to grin and bear it
An exciting cast digs their claws into a heady production of La Calisto at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Role Osman
Teen queen
Handel’s first surviving musical composition is Almira, the opera he wrote in a hurry when shake-ups at the Hamburg opera house, where the 19-year-old had been playing in the violin section, left a planned production unfinished.