Early music specialist Andrea Marchiol is our guest this week, discussing the texts to Piangerò from Händel's Giulio Cesare and the Prologue to Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, the earliest opera to remain in the standard repertoire. We focus on not accidentally doubling consonants and open E's and O's (as usual!), as well as talking a little about the different styles of recitative throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

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