Francesca Caccini was the daughter of Giulio Caccini, a composer and singer in Florence around 1600, well-known to music students, at least by name, as the author of one of the earliest operas ...

Connecticut Lyric Opera, in association with its partner, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, will present Italian Baroque composer Francesca Caccini's "La liberazione di Ruggiero dalla'isola ...

Francesca Caccini—a virtuoso singer, court composer, and music teacher in the employ of the Medicis—was caught up in the invention of opera as an art form in the early seventeenth century. She likely ...

Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina of 1625 is generally acknowledged as being the first opera to be composed by a woman. She wrote it during the only 7 year period of ...

At the dramatic heart of the work lie two strophic arias. The first, performed by the Siren who represents the power of song, is powerfully rendered with dazzling vocal agility by Francesca Lombardi ...

This weekend, the Boston Early Music Festival presents Francesca Caccini’s “La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina,” the latest in its annual series of chamber operas. First performed in 1625, ...

For its annual Thanksgiving weekend chamber opera, Boston Early Music Festival this year presented a piece forged in the crucible of opera: Francesca Caccini’s 1625 “La liberazione di Ruggiero ...