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Opera Album Review: A Short but Virtuosic Opera from 1786 Receives Its First Recording

February 17, 2024
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Even without international-caliber singers and players, Giovanni Piaisello’s “Amor vendicato” works much magic.

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Opera Review: Galuppi’s “L’amante di tutte” — A Total Hoot!

November 26, 2020
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A delightful and compact opera — from a generation before Mozart — that cuts various social types down to size.

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Opera Review: Paisiello’s “Le gare generose” — Italians, Quakers, and Slavery in 18th-century Boston

November 5, 2020
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The lively world-premiere recording of Giovanni Paisiello’s Le gare generose proves why the composer was in demand all across Europe.

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