Historian, arts etc ... no politics (note to self) - happier living in the past, mostly
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Here's one of the arias for Ballino, possibly written by him too, to be included in Handel's pasticcio Venceslao. – at Bromley, London
Today’s artist, with thanks to Opera Settecento, is Jorge Navarro Colorado singing Ballenar con giusta legge from Handel’s Venceslao.
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Arias for Ballino: Opera Settecento at the London Handel Festival operatoday.com/2021/10/arias…
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Watch at haendel.digital/en/lucio-pap…. In partnership with the Halle Handel Festival, we proudly present The Favourite Songs in the Opera call’d Lucio Papirio Dittatore. Featuring @DuarteleoLeo @Jenni_France @jdahall @frederickjlong @helencharlston @DandyJessica and Ruairi Bowen
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I have to announce my conversion. Since childhood I have been a Shakespeare groupie. I regarded the other play writers of his time as both inferior and irrelevant. I was wrong. And this week I particularily like Robert Greene.
(Lyly is still over-rated)
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Help me raise £500 to help @Edwards_Boys after the cancellation of 'The Silent Woman'!. Please #donate on @justgiving and RT. Thanks! justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
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If HIP staging and Baroque gesture interest you then do come to Aminta e Fillide at St George's, Hanover Square next Thursday - tickets from wegottickets.com/event/48375… @SettecentoOpera @DuarteleoLeo @fair_oriana #Baroqueopera #Baroquegesture #ArcadianAcademy
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Day 2 saw us rehearsing the musical side of things at @HandelHendrix in London ,improvising cadenzas and getting recits together with the mighty @SettecentoOpera continuo. Next stop orchestral rehearsal! #longlivefairoriana #baroque #handel #music #classicalmusic #earlymusic – at Tottenham, London
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A successful first day of “Aminta Week” with @SettecentoOpera rehearsing in our venue, St George’s Hanover Square. Ready now for musical rehearsals tomorrow at @HandelHendrix! Show on Thursday at 7pm! #baroque #baroquegesture #handel #longlivefairoriana #earlymusic – at Merton, London
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A ticket is available for #readnotdead Munday's 'The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington' tomorrow Nov 17 at the Globe. @HistoryNThings
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Yes you are right... i was looking a bit more and i think that.... M is for Musketeers, A for archers, H for Harquebuss, P for Pikemen and B and E i have no idea :)
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Interesting. Thomas Vicars confirms that Shakespeare is a word play not a real surname.
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Diana Price, author of "Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography," weighs in on the controversy originally stirred up by Elizabeth Winkler's article in The Atlantic on the... shakespeareoxfordfellowship.…
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So, since @OUPHistory have emailed to say so, I think that means that... today is my book's publication day?
If you're interested in early modern language, multilingualism, travel, education, or orality, you might like to get a copy for your library:
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We've only got FOUR left this year.
If you haven't been to a #ReadNotDead before, they are really something magical. You even get to hang out in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (which is nice and cool this time of year, in case you were wondering...)
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If we've managed to inspire you with our fun this afternoon and you fancy a taste, we've just released some £5 tickets for the performance on Sunday!
Get yours here 👇
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#BartholomewFair opens in a week! To give you a little taste of what to expect, we've been talking to Assistant Director, Diane Page 👇
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Gorgeous Isaac Oliver miniature of a lady costumed for Ben Jonson’s 1609 Masque of Queens
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Just been to #actuallyplay @TrafStudios a powerfully thought-provoking exploration of a she said/he said in the Princeton freshers’ week after a romantic/not so romantic hook up - strongly acted and directed - an intense yet witty 80 mins
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Be Governor of Ireland in my stead,
And there abide till fortune call thee home
Here, take my picture, and let me wear thine
O, might I keep thee here, as I do this,
Happy were I, but now most miserable
#MarloweMonday
Edward II Act I Scene IV
Image: Hilliard; sitter unknown V&A
