Soirées musicales & La cambiale di matrimonio
A live broadcast from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro
3 pieces since 2013.
A live broadcast from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro
Only by knowing what went on around the great composers is it possible to truly understand why they are great and why their operas have come down to us (and why dozens of other titles have been left behind).
I need to get something off my chest. I love bel canto.
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.
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