Pietro Metastasio was the embodiment of opera seria. Both before and during his time as ‘Caesarean poet’ to the Habsburg court in Vienna he wrote libretto after libretto on mythological or historical ...
Handel: Alcina Sutherland/Wunderlich/ Cappella Coloniensis/ Leitner 5 stars (DG, two CDs) £22.50 Buy Alcina at the Guardian shop Handel: Ezio Gauvin/Hallenberg ...
Handel's opera is in three acts, all set in ancient Rome, during the reign of the emperor Valentinian — or, in Italian, Valentiniano. The story centers on a conflict between the emperor and his famous ...
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