It took 300 years, we were told, but Alessandro Scarlatti’s “La Gloria di Primavera” finally arrived in Southern California (Tuesday night at Segerstrom Concert Hall), courtesy of the Bay Area-based ...

Throughout his tenure as music director of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan has always opened the season with something big — often one of Handel’s large-scale operas or oratorios.

“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, ...

He’s the father of modern opera but nowhere near as celebrated as he should be. Soprano Elizabeth Watts decided it was time to change that, and embarked on a five-year quest to discover and record ...

The modern-day premiere of Alessandro Scarlatti’s “La Gloria di Primavera” (”The Glory of Spring”) that Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra delivered last fall introduced us to a ...

The term "Roman Mass" that's assigned to Giovanni Pergolesi's sacred composition refers to one version of a piece originally composed after the 1731 Naples earthquake. The authentic passion and sense ...

Armonico Consort continues to rehabilitate the reputation of overlooked Scarlatti family member Francesco in this uneven but dramatic choral piece The Scarlatti family was a major force in ...

Lucie Skeaping looks at the life of the Sicilian born composer, and some of the music he composed for oratorios during the early part of the 18th century. The Vatican had placed a ban on opera and ...

After the fire at the Sannazaro, which hosted the concert season, thanks to the immediate availability of the San Pietro a Maiella Conservatory, the Alessandro Scarlatti Association of Naples has ...

Conductor Antal Dorati faced 17 musicians wearing 18th century breeches, periwigs and white silk hose. On a balcony overhead. Surrealist Artist Salvador Dali abruptly appeared in a Venetian ...