Barbara Strozzi was born in Venice in 1619. She died in Padua on 11 November, 1677, at the age of 58. Strozzi composed exclusively vocal music, most of it for an accompanied female voice. Remarkably ...

This is the amazing real-life story of the Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) who became one of the first women to have her music published in her own name. Born in 1619 in Venice, Barbara ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The composer Barbara Strozzi, who turns 400 this year, is still celebrated for vocal music of desire and passion. By Bonnie Gordon Like many ...

It is June 1, 1651, and at her home in Venice Barbara Strozzi is dedicating her latest collection of cantatas, arias and duets to Ferdinand III of Austria. They owe, she declares, a debt to her ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Barbara Strozzi. She was one of the most important composers of Italian cantatas in the 17th century and, probably, a Venetian courtesan. Documentary ...

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Fieri Consort and Professor Laurie Stras, in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and Kings Place, present newly rediscovered madrigals by Maddalena Casulana for International Women's Day 2022. In one of the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. My Tango with Barbara Strozzi By Russell Hoban Bloomsbury £7.99 164 pages FT Bookshop price: £6.39 An erotically ...

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UC San Diego professor Susan Narucki considers her annual chamber opera project, kallisti, an experiment. This year, in the production of “Sino alla morte,” which opened Wednesday at Conrad Prebys ...

Recently-separated writer Phil Ockerman falls in love with winningly-named Bertha Strunk at a tango lesson. Bertha turns out to be the spit of 17th-century Venetian singer and composer Barbara Strozzi ...