Opera Settecento

Strikingly characterful and emotional performances of eighteenth century repertoire. Focusing primarily on the music of Handel and his contemporaries. Through the scholarship of the ensemble’s Artistic Director, Leo Duarte, Opera Settecento have undertaken a groundbreaking series of Handel’s pasticcio operas which they have presented to critical acclaim at the London and Halle Handel Festivals. Opera Settecento hope to shed important new light on the broader context of Baroque opera.