He’s the father of modern opera but nowhere near as celebrated as he should be. Soprano Elizabeth Watts decided it was time to change that, and embarked on a five-year quest to discover and record ...

Titled “300 Alessandro Scarlatti,” the special project celebrates in Naples, on the 300th anniversary of his death, the genius of the great musician. The event, consisting of concerts, meetings, ...

The modern-day premiere of Alessandro Scarlatti’s “La Gloria di Primavera” (”The Glory of Spring”) that Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra delivered last fall introduced us to a ...

Armonico Consort continues to rehabilitate the reputation of overlooked Scarlatti family member Francesco in this uneven but dramatic choral piece The Scarlatti family was a major force in ...

Lucie Skeaping looks at the life of the Sicilian born composer, and some of the music he composed for oratorios during the early part of the 18th century. The Vatican had placed a ban on opera and ...

(Il) Prigioniero fortunato, Movements: Sinfonia Marcello Di Lisa, Conductor (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer Concerto de' Cavalieri (12) Sinfonie di concerto grosso, Movements: No 3 ...

Alessandro Scarlatti twice lived in Rome, first working for the self-exiled Swedish Queen Christina, and again at the end of his life, composing some of his best music. Show more Sicilian-born ...

Missa Defunctorum (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer Odhecaton Paolo Da Col, Conductor Salve Regina Paolo Da Col, Conductor Odhecaton (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the later Baroque era the Scarlattis turned music into a veritable family business. At least eight were ...