Paola Valentina Molinari and Francesca Ascioti star in a special project devoted to women in baroque opera with Enea Barock Orchestra in Rome

Monday, December 05, 2022

Paola Valentina Molinari
Francesca Ascioti

Palazzo Farnese, Rome

“Donne all’Opera”
Concert

Paola Valentina Molinari and Francesca Ascioti
star in a special project devoted to women in baroque opera
with Enea Barock Orchestra in Rome

“Donne all’Opera”

Concert and recording program

Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Overture from Ariodante

Benedetto Marcello, Carissima figlia

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Ormisda, «Leon feroce»

Francesco Gasparini, Arsace, «Sento ancor quel dolce labbro»

Antonio Lotti, Overture from Ascanio

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Nerone, «Tuona a destra il cielo irato»

Nicola Porpora, Polifemo, «Sì che son quella»

Rome, Palazzo Farnese, December 5

Paola Valentina Molinari (soprano)

For a full English biography click here

Francesca Ascioti (mezzo)

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