Early Baroque Music From Opera Cirlce
Saturday, April 8th, 2006Opera Circle recently presented the works of two composers living over 300 years ago, writing in a style known as Classical Music. The two evening concerts were presented on March 10 at St. Anne’s Church in Cleveland Heights and at St. Stanislaus in Slavic Village on March 11.
The English composer, Henry Purcell (1659-1695) and the Italian, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi both lived short lives, particularly Pergolesi who died in 1736 at the age of 26. Opera Circle performed Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” and Purcell’s opera, “Dido and Aeneas” .
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