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Johann Adolph Hasse (Composer)

Born: 25th March 1699, Germany

Died: 16th December 1783, Venice

Nationality: German

Johann Adolph Hasse was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a great friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of opera seria and 18th-century music.

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Interview, Max Cencic on Hasse's Il Siroe Re di Persia

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Recording of the Week, World premiere recording of Hasse's opera, Siroe Re di Persia

Katherine listens to the first ever recording of J A Hasse’s exotic opera, featuring vocal fireworks from Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli and Julia Lezhneva.

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