“This all-star cast includes the ravishing Natalie Dessay as Monteverdi's forsaken nymph, Véronique Gens, a proud, desolate Ariadne, and Joyce DiDonato, who sings Octavia's farewell with extraordinary dramatic passion. Much of the interest o…
“The programme is expressly devised so that Kermes can shed new light on 19th-century vocal writing, applying the stylistic approaches she has developed in music of earlier eras: her trademark blend of dazzling technical accomplishment, vital imagin…
Music by CIMA, UCCELINI, FONTANA, MONTEVERDI, ROGNANO, CASTELLO, GESUALDO, BASSANO, FRESCOBALDI, MEALLI, F. M. VERACINI Violinist Enrico Onofri, well-known concertmaster of Il Giardino Armonico, explains in his notes to the selection of works he and…