Hannah French delves into the battle between the two opera companies in London in the 1730s - King George II's Royal Academy of Music with its musical director Handel - and the Prince of Wales' Opera of the Nobility under the guidance of Nicola Porpora. After four seasons of in-fighting and warring between the two factions, expensive set and costume designs and overpaid starry performers, both companies went bankrupt in 1737.
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Absolutely fascinating programme. Thanks for flagging it up, dovers.
Porpora is the business! -
It was good, wasn’t it? Not long ago, several big-name counter-tenors released Porpora aria CDs. Worth checking up.Originally posted by verismissimo View PostComment
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