The myth that opera was born of a miracle dies hard. Musicologists no longer insist that what has proved to be a uniquely innovative art form for four centuries was the exclusive product of scholars ...

Monteverdi’s music is inventive, dynamic, stirring, tender, and heart-rending. Centuries after he wrote it, his music is still full of surprises. Monteverdi is famous for writing the first recognised ...

. Tempi may sound brisk to some, but the singing generally balances tang and lyricism, buttressed by richly evocative playing of old brass and plucked instruments. In an odd way, the result feels more ...

LENOX -- Listen to Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's 1610 "Vespero della beata vergine," and you can literally hear a changing of the musical guard from the Renaissance to the Baroque period ...

Every artist needs a portfolio - especially one who's hoping to move into the job market - and it was just 400 years ago that the composer Claudio Monteverdi came out with one for the record books.

Led by soprano and early music specialist Joelle Greenleaf, the Tenet Vocal Artists sing music from the Middle Ages to today. This week, the group teams up with the Baroque instrumental ensemble ...

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For music scholars, Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610—presented by Early Music Vancouver at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on August 12 as part of this year’s MusicFest Vancouver—is an ...

JACK GALLAGHER: Diversions Overture (1986). Berceuse (1977). Sinfonietta for String Orchestra (1990, expanded 2007). Symphony in One Movement: Threnody (1991, revised 2008). JoAnn Falletta conducting ...

More than any other conductor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt made an entire generation discover and rediscover the operatic genius of Claudio Monteverdi. The Austrian conductor's collaborations with ...