Stradella
Americannoun
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César Franck and others got a kick out of Alessandro Stradella, the Baroque opera composer who attempted to embezzle the Roman Catholic Church.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
Advertisement Mark J. Rosenbaum, a lawyer for the shell company that owns 864 Stradella, said that the flooding onto the Sarbonne property was due to rain, and that the legal dispute had been resolved.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2015
The program features excerpts from Handel’s “Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno” and Vivaldi’s “Orlando Furioso,” as well as selections by Haydn, Mozart, Stradella, Cimarosa and Porpora.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2015
Elsewhere — in sonatas by Fontana, Castello, Marini and Stradella — Mr. Griffin and Christine Gummere, the cellist, shared the spotlight, producing finely balanced contrapuntal dialogues.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2011
Stradella succeeds in deceiving Bassi and aided by his friend carries her off during the Carnival.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
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