Agatha, born without the fingers of her left hand, was abandoned to the Venetian orphanage known as the Ospedale della Pietà, where Vivaldi was working to establish an incomparable music education program.  In 2022 the ACC premiered Agatha’s Cantata, newly completed after three centuries of silence. In 2024, they will…

A fixture on the Christmas calendar, this ever-changing program, now in its sixth incarnation, is testament to the fact that throughout history, composers have produced some of their liveliest and most engaging work for the Christmas season.