ArcangeloAn English Baroque Journey
Satirical engraving of the castrato Senesino arriving by ship in England, greeted on the quayside by the rival sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, while servants carry his wealth from Italy and onlookers jeer.
Chapter Four

“Such favour for the Itallian musick, as hath given it possession of our Pernassus”

Carrie ChurnsideForthcoming

© Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum / Bridgeman Images

How the Italian manner won over English taste, from imported musicians to opera on the London stage.

This section of the journey has not been published yet. Its essay is still being written for the printed book, and it will appear here when it is ready.