ONE of the great things about the San Francisco Opera’s summer Merola Program is that it offers glimpses of new things. During the course of a typical Merola 11-week training program, one can not only ...

Sierra Madre Playhouse will present Domenico Cimarosa's IL MAESTRO DI CAPPELLA, reimagined by Source/Filter Music, featuring ...

The Sarasota Opera launched a new season Friday night with another hit in Domenico Cimarosa’s “The Secret Marriage” (Il matrimonio segreto). One of the masters of his day in the Neopolitan opera scene ...

It only seems like yesterday, but this summer will mark the 25th anniversary of the Republic of Ireland's first foray into the footballing fiesta known as the World Cup. My Italian adventure that year ...

He was showered with gifts by royalty and the nobility, and was more popular than Mozart in the world of opera - this week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa. Born in the ...

Cimarosa: 12 Opera Overtures. Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia conducted by Alessandro Amonetti – Naxos 8.570508 (70 minutes). Domenico Cimarosa was born in 1749 in Aversa, Italy. Very soon after his ...

Domenico Cimarosa was a fast and witty writer of Italian opera who cranked out some 65 works in a comparatively short lifetime (he died at 51). The only one that survives is No. 49—a comic opera ...

The University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center has announced its winter comic opera festival taking place at the end of January, which will feature John Musto’s “The Inspector” and Domenico ...

As the Paris Olympics continue, we're having a marathon listening tour of some of the numerous opera settings of Pietro Metastasio's libretto for THE OLYMPIAD. Today's Beautiful Music is Domenico ...