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Italian opera singer
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2020-01-08 08:28:33
Handel Uncaged: chamber cantatas revealed in new context by Lawrence Zazzo on Inventa
[…] 'pomp, prodigalilty and sensual pleasure'; besides his numerous mistresses he surrounded himself with a coterie of talented male and generally homosexual artists, including Arcangelo Corelli. The young Handel was very talented, personable (forget the image of the middle-aged glutton) and seemingly quite able to cope with the flirtatious attraction of his patrons; he would later refer to Cardinal Pamphilij as 'a flattering old fool'. And he may have had a relationship with the singer Vittoria Tarquini who, it turns out, was the mistress of Handel's Florentine patron Ferdinando de Medici. It is into this slightly hot-house atmosphere of privilege that Handel's cantatas come.This new disc on the Inventa label (Resonus Classics' new label specialising in Early Music) recontextualises some of the cantatas and reveals a degree of modern detective work. A chance remark from Handel scholar, John Roberts, to counter-tenor Lawrence Zazzo, after a performance of Handel's alto cantata Vedendo […]
2015-04-23 04:19:13
In the cross-currents of history: An interview with musician and author Alberto Nones about the life and work of Italian composer Riccardo Zandonai.
[…] be for sale at the moment, which surely must be tempting to potential buyers who also have a love for classical music or opera!) Villa Zandonai, the home of Riccardo Zandonai in the seaside town of Pesaro, Italy which is also the native city of Gioachino Rossini. Reportedly, Zandonai personally supervised the expansion of this Art Nouveau structure surrounded by parklands designed and planted by him and his landscape architect. Zandonai’s wife, the soprano Tarquinia Tarquini Zandonai, wrote that she, the Maestro and their daughter spent “years of true, authentic beatitude” there. Villa Zandonai is currently for sale and is sparking international interest — a rare opportunity for lovers of opera and classical music as well as fine architecture to possess an important piece of cultural history. In complete contrast, D’Atri was ‘in the arena’ at all times as Zandonai’s learned and skillful collaborator and publicity person. […]
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