Category Baroque Opera

Accompanied by the early music ensemble Le Concert Universel, French countertenor Gérard Lesne sings Cold Genius, a bass aria from King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), a semi-opera in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a…

Accompanied by the Italian early music ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro (English: The Golden Apple), the Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński sings Baroque arias. The program, entitled “Facce d’Amore” includes 8 world premieres and recorded on July 21, 2021, at the…

Accompanied by the Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (the Harmonious Garden), the great Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli sings “Ombra mai fu”, the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse (Xerxes) by George Frideric Händel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.

Accompanied by his own early music ensemble, Ensemble Artaserse, French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky sings Ombra Mai Fu by Francesco Cavalli, the Venetian composer, organist, and singer of the early Baroque period.

Accompanied by her own early music ensemble Orfeo 55, the French contralto Nathalie Stutzmann sings Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Ah, mio cor, schernito sei,” an aria from the 1735 opera Alcina. This performance is recorded for Stutzmann and Orfeo 55’s 2017…

Romanian-German countertenor Valer Sabadus sings “Ombra mai fu”, the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Händel.

Accompanied by the Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, the American light lyric soprano Amanda Forsythe sings “Tornami a vagheggiar”, a soprano aria from George Frideric Händel‘s 1735 opera Alcina. Recorded in October 2014 at the Fairmount Presbyterian Church in…

Accompanied by the early music ensemble Holland Baroque, the Trinidadian classical soprano Jeanine De Bique sings M’hai Resa Infelice, a soprano aria from George Frideric Händel‘s 1741 opera Deidamia (HWV 42).

Accompanied by the San Fransisco-based early music ensemble Voices of Music, the American countertenor Christopher Lowrey sings Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gelido in ogni vena” from the opera Farnace. This performance was recorded during the Voices of Music “Harmonic Labyrinth” concert, December,…

French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Verdi Prati, an aria from George Frideric Händel‘s opera “Alcina,” which premiered in 1735. Freiburger Barockorchester conducted by Andrea Marcon. This performance was recorded in 2015.