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Beautiful Music NOW - Domenico Cimarosa's The Olympiad

Les Talens Lyriques
courtesy of the artist
Les Talens Lyriques

As the Paris Olympics continue, we're having a marathon listening tour of some of the numerous opera settings of Pietro Metastasio's libretto for THE OLYMPIAD. Today's Beautiful Music is Domenico Cimarosa's setting, performed by Christophe Rousset leading Les Talens Lyriques. It's from their recording released in May 2024.

You can also watch Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques during rehearsal.

Suzanne Bona is the host and executive producer of Sunday Baroque, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show of Baroque and early music which she originated on WSHU in 1987.