Nerone fatto Cesare, Movements: Date all'armi o spirti fieri Giacomo Antonio Perti, Composer Riccardo Minasi, Conductor Il Pomo d'Oro Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo soprano (L')Agripinna, Movements: Mormorando ...

This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Although she’s one of Europe’s most acclaimed and sought-after artists, Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg’s appearances on this side of the ...

We already know Agrippina, the anti-heroine of Handel’s opera of the same name – Nero’s mother and the target of about as many assassination plots as Fidel Castro before she was eventually murdered, ...

Truly memorable concerts make their mark in different ways. Some blaze at you with their heat and light. They have come to dazzle. They find you in your seat and pin you there. Some pulse with a ...

And with a conductor bent on communication, success was assured. A disclaimer may be necessary here: I interviewed Sir John on this Schumann symphonies project for the orchestra's online filming, so ...

Filandro, Movements: Fior ch’a spuntar si vede Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Composer Stefano Montanari, Conductor Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo soprano Il Pomo d'Oro Filandro, Movements: Il tuo core in dono ...

The Venetian carnival season was an orgy in several ways, with theatres competing frantically to present famous singers in new operas, and endless rivalries and scandals. This amazing collection of ...

On Hidden Handel, Ann Hallenberg investigates rarely performed arias by Handel as substitutions or additions to existing works. Some, like "La Crudele Lontananza" and "Vinto E l'amor da Sdegno e ...

Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg and Il Complesso Barocco present Handel arias and orchestral pieces, spanning a narrow spectrum from the comparatively unfamiliar to the practically unknown. Nine ...

As John Eliot Gardiner told the audience with his usual eloquence while chairs were being brought on for the Berlioz in the first half of last night's concert, Mendelssohn set the trend as conductor ...