“Farnace” is an opera that offers plenty of opportunity to its singers for the display of passionate emotions, said Wendy Heller, a professor of music with a background in Italian baroque opera at ...

When Anthony Roth Costanzo opens his mouth onstage, audiences usually are a little surprised, and that’s how Costanzo likes it. “It's a kind of shocking thing for people who've never heard one before, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Inside the St. Johannes Lutheran Church on a quiet corner in Charleston’s French Quarter, two ...

Farnace was one of Vivaldi's greatest theatrical triumphs. Vivaldi’s operas are a unique blend of beauty and brilliance and in Farnace we find the composer at the pinnacle of his operatic career. This ...

There are several moments of darkness in Farnace, but the show itself never falls prey to the despair felt by its characters. The story of a family pulled apart by war, this is to be expected. At ...

When a performance of Farnace was cancelled at the theatre of Ferrara after the artistic failure of Vivaldi’s opera Siroe re di Persia in December 1738, Vivaldi’s chance to have his favourite opera ...

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