To mark International Women's Day, soprano Ruby Hughes sings rare arias by 17th-century female composers such as Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Claudia Sessa and Lucrezia Vizzana alongside Purcell's great laments for Dido and Boudica. She's joined at Kings Place in London by Swedish lutenist Jonas Nordberg and Japanese cellist Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, who will also contribute instrumental works of the time.
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It's great that R3, not only by this programme but by recent excellent CotWs, has made known some amazing 17th composers who also happen to be women. Looking forward to today's...but will for me have to be on catch-up later in the week. -
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I've been listening to a newish recording directed by Elena Sartori of Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero (1625). There don't seem to be many surviving operas from the 1620s, that is to say between the first examples of the genre and the Venetian works from the 1630s and 40s. As such it would have quite some historical importance no matter who composed it. As it happens it's a very engaging work indeed, and beautifully performed on the Glossa CD.Comment
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