Starting #earlymusicmonday off in 2020 with a bit of hilarious satire from 300 years ago! Early Music Sources teaches us “How (not) to produce an opera in 1720s Venice” according to Benedetto Marcello.
July of Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga
Before Handel started writing oratorios (like Messiah), he was a successful and celebrated composer of operas, including Rinaldo, his first opera after moving to London.