Alessandro Stradella's star burned brightly but briefly; his music glorious, his lifestyle dissolute - murdered aged 38. Hannah French & Andrew Kirkman explore his life & work. Show more Alessandro ...

Alessandro Stradella is a name that might ring a bell with champions of early Baroque music. As for me, I knew he existed, but beyond a short Sinfonia from his Christmas Eve Cantata, I wasn’t familiar ...

San Giovanni Battista Academia Montis Regalis/ de Marchi (Hyperion CDA67617) £12.99 The assassins who thrust their daggers three times into the back of Alessandro Stradella killed not only one of ...

This new drama is inspired by the true story of 17th century Italian composer, Alessandro Stradella. The characters in this drama are real historical figures brought back to life by writer Frank ...

The 17th Stradella is little-known today, but his music – and his colourful life – are well worth exploring Born in Bologna in either 1639 or 1643 (sources conflict), Alessandro Stradella packed so ...

Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano continue their exploration of 17th century Italian motets with a new disc of works by composer Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682), out on Naïve Classiques on ...

17th-century Italy: composer Alessandro Stradella’s real life is one of scandal, chaos and close calls. Stars Trystan Gravelle. Show more Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) conjured music of sublime ...

What's the secret of a successful opera? There's the music, of course. Some of the greatest songs have begun life on the stage. But the top and bottom of it is the story, and the more melodramatic it ...

Damien Guillon explains the lure of Stradella’s oratorio San Giovanni Battista I first came across the music of Alessandro Stradella while I was a student at the Centre de Musique Baroque, hunting ...

Friedrich Flotow was an almost exact contemporary of Richard Wagner - but there, it must be said, the similarity ends. Wagner changed the course of operatic history with his blockbuster tales of ...