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An Italian opera company restages an oratorio last performed in 1826.
An Italian opera company restages an oratorio last performed in 1826. Organized by Mozart’s librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, the 1826 event changed America’s cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City.
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An Italian opera company restages an oratorio last performed in 1826.
An Italian opera company restages an oratorio last performed in 1826. Organized by Mozart’s librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, the 1826 event changed America’s cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City.
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Photos from Da Ponte's Oratorio: A Concert for New York
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Soloists from Teatro Lirici di Cagliari perform during the Oratorio.
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The orchestra and choir of Teatro Lirici di Cagliari perform during the Oratorio.
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A viola player performs during the Oratorio.
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Maestro Donato Renzetti conducts during the Oratorio.
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Soloists from Teatro Lirici di Cagliari perform during the Oratorio.
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Maestro Donato Renzetti conducts the orchestra during the Oratorio.
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Maestro Donato Renzetti conducts during the Oratorio.
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Salome Jicia performs a solo in the Oratorio.
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Francesca Dotto performs a solo in the Oratorio.
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About the Show
A performance in 1826 at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in Little Italy changed America's cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City – an event Mozart's librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte helped organize.
Lost to history for almost 200 years, the program was recently rediscovered and restaged by an Italian opera company, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, with Donato Renzetti conducting and featuring the music of Cimarosa and Zingarelli along with that of Haydn, Handel, and Arne.
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