“Vinci is the Lully of Italy: true, simple, natural, expressive”- for generations Leonardo Vinci was just another obscure Baroque composer, but in 2012, Parnassus Arts’ amazingly successful performances of his Artaserse lifted the veil from this forgotten genius of Italian opera, and from the mysterious all-male world of the 18th-century Roman stage. Il Catone in Utica offers another gourmet

Il Pomo d’Oro, directed by Dmitry Sinkovsky, and American mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato will travel to Asia for the fifth tour of the album Drama Queens. The recording, released in 2012 on EMI / Virgin Classics is a selection of ‘royal arias’ from the world of Baroque opera, celebrating the fiery, deep emotions of the queens, princesses and