The very designation ‘Caccini’s Ave Maria’ is one that provokes debate. Who is Caccini? And was the piece actually anything to do with him? The answer to the first question is easy: Caccini was a ...
A typical day for three musicians in the Medici Court. This portrait, of three unnamed musicians, was painted circa 1687. Wikimedia Commons Francesca Caccini, born on this day in 1587, was the most ...
Francesca Caccini was born on 18 September 1587 into a highly musical family. Her father, Giulio Caccini was a famed Italian Baroque composer, and her sister, Settimia Caccini, was a well-known singer ...
Caccini: La Liberazione di Ruggiero CD review – first opera by a woman stands firmly on its own feet
Francesca Caccini (1587-c1645) was in at the very beginnings of opera. She was part of a musical family who regularly played and sang at the Medici court in Florence, including performances of the ...
The early 17th century was an exciting, even pathbreaking time for women in music, not least due to the achievements of Francesca Caccini, a famous singer in the Medici court who — far more ...
Brighton early music festival’s saucy production of Francesca Caccini’s 1625 opera is full of fun, well cast and beautifully sung The centrepiece of this year’s Brighton early music festival, ...
GREAT BARRINGTON — Get ready to take opera, very nearly, from the top. “Alcina,” which the Boston Early Music Festival will bring to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center beginning June 23, comes from an ...
Madrigals, Book 5 (Il quinto libro de madrigali), Movements: E così, a poco a poco (wds. Guarini) David Bates, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer (La) Nuova Musica (Le) nuove musiche, Movements: ...
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