The Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara de Barcelona orchestra (RCOC) (English "Royal Chamber Opera Company from Barcelona", Catalan "Reial Companyía Òpera de Cambra de Barcelona") is a Spanish

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classic ...

ensemble based in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

. It was founded by its conductor Juan Bautista Otero. The orchestra has been instrumental in reviving several long unperformed

Baroque opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

s.''Concerto: Das Magazin für Alte Musik'' Volume 23 Wilhelm A. Bauer, Otto Erich Deutsch - 2006 "Mit einer ersten Wiederaufführung der 1756 in Madrid komponierten Oper »Aminta« von Antonio Mazzoni gastiert das spanische Ensemble Real Compania Opera de Cämara unter Juan Bautista Otero im Herner Kulturzentrum."

Discography

Domènec Terradellas Domènec Terradellas (baptized 13 February 1713, Barcelona – 20 May 1751, Rome) was a Spanish opera composer. The birthdate is sometimes incorrectly given as 1711. Carreras i Bulbena did extensive research in contemporary documents, such as b ...

''Sesostri.''

Sunhae Im Sunhae Im (; Hanja: 任善惠; born in 1976) is a South Korean soprano. She has been described as a bright and versatile lyric soprano with lightness and coloratura. She first gained her reputation in the field of early music and now performs a ...

, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Kenneth Tarver, Ditte Andersen, Rafaella Milanesi, Tom Randle. RCOC 3 CDs. *

Vicente Martín y Soler Anastasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrin Martín y Soler (2 May 175430 January or 10 February 1806) was a Spanish composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure now, in his own day he was compared favorably with his ...

. ''Ifigenia in Aulide''. K617 2 CDs * Soler. 2 cantatas. La dora festeggiante, Il sogno. (70 minutes) RCOC 2 CDs * Terradellas. ''Artaserse.'' Venice, 1744. Opera seria in 3 acts. Anna Maria Panzarella, Celine Ricci, Marina Comparato, RCOC 3 CDs *

Antonio Maria Mazzoni Antonio Maria Mazzoni (4 January 1717 – 8 December 1785) was an Italian composer.Mozart Briefe und Aufzeichnungen: Gesamtausgabe Wilhelm A. Bauer, Leopold Mozart - 1971 -"„Maestro Mazzoni": Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717 bis 1785), Schüler Pred ...

. ''Aminta, il re pastore.'' K617 2 CDs *

Nicola Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included composers ...

. ''Orlando.'' K617 2 CDs Forthcoming * Mazzoni. ''Antigono'' (Lisbon 1755). CD & DVD Otero RCOC * Davide Pérez ''Solimano'' (Lisbon 1757 & Cádiz 1768). Otero RCOC * Porpora. ''Gli Orti Esperidi'' (Naples 1721). Otero RCOC

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External links

Royal Chamber Opera Company from Barcelona
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Real Compania Opera de Camara Spanish orchestras Early music groups