Cavalli and Venetian opera

 Unsung. The New Yorker, May 25, 2009.

At 2:45 in this video, Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings a portion of the great Didone lament discussed in the column. Also featured is the young Finnish tenor Topi Lehtipuu (see his celestial Vivaldi below). Recommended recordings: Emmanuelle Haïm's Lamenti disc, with Lemieux, Lehtipuu, et al; the DVD of  Herbert Wernicke's enchanting production of Calisto, with René Jacobs conducting; and Jacobs's rendition of Giasone, presently available only via MP3 download. R