Worse still, I had no librettist handy. John Cage wrote, "We make our lives by what we love", and so I turned to what I love, lyric poetry and singing, the voice as source material – and Baroque opera ...

The Toronto Symphony caps off a terrific season with several high-profile concerts. Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska steps ...

In this video, soprano Sophie Bevan sings 'Dido's Lament', an aria from the baroque opera 'Dido and Aeneas ... Bonaparte Composers during the Romantic period would take inspiration from literature ...

Religious singing was very popular in this period and many baroque composers ... Dido's Lament' is an aria from the baroque opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Parcel (1687). As you listen to the ...

Opening with the firecracker-esque “Haffner” symphony, the Boston Baroque orchestra handled Pearlman’s sprightly tempo with ...

The opera is a delightfully absurd affair, with a genuinely humorous libretto that excels in mocking Baroque conventions, ...

Watch Handel's Messiah Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival Watch the programme ...

Taking place at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama on Tuesday, 4 February, Peter will deliver a lecture titled ‘How to End a War: The Living and the Dead Working Together in Baroque Opera’.

The NYS Baroque is an ensemble obsessed with authenticity. Their repertoire of European music is drawn from the Baroque era ...

It's been over 15 years since London's Opera ... a real baroque sound despite their modern instruments. Familiar movements like the Air sounded much like they must have during the period.