This year's production by theYale Baroque Opera Project is L'Egisto by Cavalli, which tells the story of two pairs of lovers who are playthings of the gods. Kate Remington talked with YBOP Music Director Grant Herreid, about why L'Egisto was such a hugely popular opera in 17th century Venice. Performances are Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th at the University Theater in New Haven.
Conversations with the performers, the conductors, the composers and other people instrumental in creating today's live and recorded classical music.