Overview

In the 18th century, Hamburg Opera broke free from the influence of Italy, giving rise to a new musical culture in Germany. Counter-tenor Max Emanuel Cenčić offers us a glimpse of this vibrant operatic life from the stage of the stunning Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, accompanied by Christoph Rousset's Les Talens Lyriques. Chapters: - Reinhard Keiser - Georg Friedrich Haendel - Alessandro Scarlatti - Arcangelo Corelli - Johann Mattheson - Georg Philipp Telemann - Nicola Porpora