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𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 (1658–1709) was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist who played 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼. Born in 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮…

# **Apostolo Zeno (1668–1750)** *Life, Intellectual World, and Operatic Libretti* **Apostolo Zeno** occupies a crucial but often underestimated position in the history of Baroque opera. Standing between the exuberant theatrical freedom of the 17th…

**𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐓 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝟏𝟔-𝐂𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐗 𝐒𝐄𝐓** **𝐂𝐃𝐬 𝟏–𝟗 — 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒** • **𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐏ê𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬** • **𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐕** • **𝐋𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡** • **𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 — 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬** This collection features two…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟭 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 When Robert and Clara Schumann left Leipzig for…

**Let us welcome the new members:** Rozsa Nagy, Andrei Gennadiev, Manuel Priego, Maria Romanova, Zasei A. Israel, Kinka Kaneva, Khaled Jmel, Qartveli Gruzia, Lela Nozadze, Valter Trevisan, Ana de Andrade, Jeffrey Ambrosini, Perri Sussman,…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 The second chapter turns from 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 as an individual man to the formation of the household in which Wolfgang…

# **Emilio de’ Cavalieri (c.1550–1602)** **Emilio de’ Cavalieri** was one of the most fascinating and influential figures at the dawn of the Baroque era — a composer, producer, diplomat, choreographer, and theatrical innovator who…

# **Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)** **Jacopo Peri** occupies a unique and permanent place in music history as one of the **inventors of opera**. Composer, singer, organist, and court musician, he stood at the center of…

13th July 1946: **Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet** (1883 - 1969) takes singers Flora Nielsen and Nancy Evans through** a rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's 'The Rape of Lucretia' for the Glyndebourne Opera Festival**. **Britten (Benjamin…

# **Anna Maria Pertl Mozart (1720–1778): The Silent Pillar Behind a Genius** **Anna Maria Pertl**, the mother of **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**, occupies a paradoxical place in music history: **indispensable, yet largely invisible**. Her life…

# **Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri - Oratorio - 1843 - Giuseppe Sinopoli ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/schumann-das-und-144137476?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/schumann-das-und-144137476?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/schumann-das-und-144137476?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Among the large-scale compositions of Robert Schumann, ***Das Paradies und die Peri (1843)*** occupies a singular place.…

🎼 Florence and the Musicians of the Baroque: A Cradle of Musical Revolution 🎭 1. The Musical Landscape of Florence at the Dawn of the Baroque Florence, long celebrated as the birthplace of the…