One of the most underrated grand tourers of the 1970s, the Swiss-made, Italian-Bodied Monteverdi High Speed used a series of American V8s to persuade wealthy enthusiasts to choose it over a Ferrari. A ...

Monteverdi might be surprised to find himself hailed as the inventor of the opera, and he disclaimed the role of revolutionary, but his Orfeo is a radical, innovative and extraordinary work The ...

December 13, 2023 • Discover a broad spectrum of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic hell rides and soaring voices to searing string quartets, cathartic choirs and one amazing ...

Monteverdi nostro contemporaneo. Il Claudio Monteverdi che la sua città, Cremona, celebra con un festival che si apre oggi. Orfeo, il titolo più pop del compositore. Quello che il 24 febbraio 1607 a ...

Four hundred years since the creation of his first opera, Monteverdi is still regarded as the most powerful and innovative figure in the history of music. Claudio Monteverdi was one of music’s ...

In 1992, McLaren kicked off production of the legendary F1, which became one of the most influential street-legal supercars of all time. However, that year marked the unveiling of another wild Formula ...

The hinges of musical history have typically afforded one or two artists most associated with them. At the horizon of the Renaissance looking over into the Baroque period was Italian composer Claudio ...

LENOX -- Listen to Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's 1610 "Vespero della beata vergine," and you can literally hear a changing of the musical guard from the Renaissance to the Baroque period ...

Is it possible for one person to invent an entire form of art? It would seem like a tall order by any standard. More a scene than a single, Orfeo's "Possente spirto" — "Powerful Spirit" — is his ...