35 years of Hamburger Ratsmusik
Filippo Finazzi, an Italian castrato in Hamburg
Exactly 250 years ago, on 22 April 1776, the Italian castrato Filippo Finazzi—singer, composer, and former cavalry captain—died near Hamburg. Thirty years earlier, he had taken his leave from the Hamburg stage in an opera of his own making. To pay tribute to him, the Hamburger Ratsmusik is bringing several previously unheard symphonies and cantatas by this singular figure of 18th-century European opera back to life.
