Jane Glover

Francesco Cavalli is now recognized as one of the major composers of the seventeenth century. Interest in his work has grown out of all knowledge during the past decade, and his operas have been performed at Glyndebourne and at major European and American houses. Yet it remains true that no book on Cavalli is available in English, and none has made use of the very considerable researches of recent years. The author has herself been responsible for...

"At thirteen years old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who had captured the hearts of northern Europe, but his father Leopold was now determined to conquer Italy. Together, they made three visits there the last when Mozart was seventeen, all vividly recounted here by acclaimed conductor Jane Glover. Father and son travelled from the theatres and concert salons of Milan to the church-filled streets of Rome to Naples, poorer and more dangerous...

The Coronation of Poppea (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) tells the amoral story of the Roman Emperor Nero's love affair with the scheming and seductive Poppea, with evil triumphing over good, while the allegorical figures from the Prologue - Fortune, Virtue and Love look on.