What on earth would Sophia have said about Sicily- in 1728?
Essential Information
An aural tussle between the two Sicilies with music by Porpora, Scarlatti and others.
April 9, 2011 8pm
April 10, 2011 8pm
Marsh Chapel at Boston University
$25 General Admission
$10 Students/Seniors
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Through the ages, the Kingdom of Sicily was a divided one ( Naples and Sicily) plagued with takeovers by Spain, tussles between kings, and a little-known document called the Treaty of Utrecht. This was a region waiting to exhale. Remarkably, the music produced in Sicily during this period was at its most colorful and innovative. Almost every composer in the region wrote operas, and the high drama of that compositional style overflowed and informed their instrumental works.