baroque opera

For 278 years, Antonio Vivaldi's opera laid dormant in the National Library in Turin. It was found and brought back to life in 2005, and it is to that recording we'll be listening on this week's program.

We have a historical rarity on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/10 3:00 p.m.) with Johann Adolph Hasse’s “Cleofide.” Hasse, who was incredibly popular during…

Jean-Marie Leclair is considered to be the founder of the French violin school, but we’ll be turning to one of his operas on this week’s Sunday Opera…

This week we have highlights from Vivaldi's Orlando Furioso, from a much praised recording featuring Veronica Cangemi and Jennifer Larmore, with…