"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
Do you believe that yours is the only true god? Do you think that members of other religions are blasphemous idolaters who should be killed, and their statues and temples smashed? You do? Then you'll love France's first Biblical opera!
Vivaldi, like his wicked sorceress Alcina, enchants the senses, then lures us into a queasily erotic nightmare of the sort we associate more with Richard Strauss than opera seria.
Baby swapping and family strife in a sultan's court.
The Opera Scribe 