Founded in 2014, Opera Settecento have established a reputation for strikingly characterful and emotional performances of eighteenth century repertoire. Focusing primarily on the music of Handel and his contemporaries, they have given many UK and world premières of works by Hasse, Pergolesi, and Handel.
Leo Duarte
Through the scholarship of the ensemble’s Artistic Director, Leo Duarte, Opera Settecento have undertaken a groundbreaking series of Handel’s pasticcio operas which they have presented to critical acclaim at the London and Halle Handel Festivals and have broadcast live on German radio. Through this series they have shed important new light on the broader context of Baroque opera and on the music of composers Handel himself deemed worthy of performance.
As well as championing the work of unsung composers, Opera Settecento are proud to engage talented singers at the start of their careers alongside more established artists, including many prizewinners from the Handel Singing Competition. 2024 will see the ensemble’s first fully-staged production in a completion of Handel’s unfinished opera Titus l’Empereur at the Halle Handel Festival and the launch of their debut disc featuring première recordings of arias written for Antonio Pio Fabri, sung by acclaimed tenor Jorge Navarro Colorado.
our next performance
Performing at London Handel Festival with Ciara Hendrick
London Handel festival
Jane Barbier – Shrew’d Syren
Tuesday 15th October
7pm
St George’s Church, Hanover Square