“Opera proibita” means forbidden opera. The Catholic Church essentially banned opera during the first decade of the 18th Century in Rome, leading to the rise of the Italian oratorio. As a result, ...
Even if they have never heard of George Frideric Handel, most people are aware of the composer’s great Christmas and Easter oratorio, “Messiah,” or, at the very least, its Hallelujah Chorus. But ...
As part of Baroque Spring on Radio 3, live from the Bristol Baroque Festival at St Georges, Bristol, the Early Opera Company present Handel and the Rival Queens - the story of the great divas of ...
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