It was during the Paul Kellogg era of the nineties and the aughts that New York City Opera became a force for Baroque opera—specifically works by Handel, which, with their historical-mythical plots ...

Back by popular demand, "A Baroque New Year's Eve at the Opera" will usher in the New Year within San Francisco's beautiful Herbst Theatre on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 4pm. Start an early night ...

Baroque Garlands” opens with George Frideric Handel’s “Dixit Dominus,” written when the composer was just 22—an electrifying ...

Ask most any singer today what they were first taught to sing, and they'll produce a beat-up copy of a yellow-covered volume from G. Schirmer called 24 Arie Antiche. These are Italian songs from the ...

Hosted by chamber ensemble North Shore Voices, the monthly live music pop-up event features anything from baroque arias to ...

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Hearing the voice of Iestyn Davies, one might think that a new age of countertenors has arrived. Wednesday evening at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall, the English artist stepped into the spotlight, and ...

American Baroque Opera Company's Aztec characters in Antonio Vivaldi's opera Montezuma were costumed in flamboyant quasi-native attire designed by Arturo Hernandez. Karen Almond / American Baroque ...

In 1597, the world’s first opera was performed in Florence, Italy. More than 400 years later, the venerable art form is still being presented in largely the same form, with the world’s best-trained ...