By the Baroque era, opera was all the rage across Europe and was a spectacular, expensive affair full of florid arias and ornate stage sets with moving parts. One of the greatest composers of ...

In this video, soprano Sophie Bevan sings 'Dido's Lament', an aria from the baroque opera 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Parcel (1687). Syllabic word setting is when a composer uses one note per ...

It features a popular opening aria, ‘Ombra Mai Fu,’ later ... her murderous brother. The opera is one of the most often performed Baroque operas and one of the best Handel works.

(Opera) Mariño joins the orchestra for virtuoso baroque opera arias from Handel’s Armino and Vivaldi’s Il Giustino, among others. A digital house program sent one week in advance, plus a ...

This opera demonstrates the full flowering of Handel’s ability to blend perfectly text and music, create believable characters bodied forth in their arias, and create a fully-thought through dramatic ...

Dido's Lament' is an aria from the baroque opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Parcel (1687). As you listen to the soprano voice singing listen out for the Baroque instruments including recorders and ...