These days, it seems no operatic mountain is too high for Haymarket Opera. The company’s latest enterprise, Leonardo Vinci’s “Artaserse,” is one such intimidating peak. The rarely staged 1730 opera, ...

Johann Adolphe Hasse was one of the most celebrated composers of the 18th Century, but sadly neglected after his death. This is the first Australian production of his opera Artaserse (1740) and stars ...

The opera Artaserse, written by Pietro Metastasio and composed by Johann Adolphe Hasse, is emerging from centuries of oblivion, with recent revivals in Europe and Australia. This opera seria (Italian ...

And this very morning he’s taking his first rehearsal of a rare baroque opera, Artaserse by the German composer Johann Adolf Hasse. He virtually quivers with excitement over the stellar cast he’s ...

Pietro Metastasio was the most famous librettist of his age and is still regarded as the most important opera seria author today. His textbook for Artaserse was set more than forty times in the 18th ...

For some classical music lovers, nothing can compare to a well-executed baroque opera, with the machine of the orchestra clicking along and the singers filigreeing their da capo ornaments on top. It’s ...