Commemorating the life and music of Alessandro Scarlatti

​October 22, 2025 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Alessandro Scarlatti, one of the preeminent oratorio composers of the Baroque era. The Academy of Sacred Drama’s 2025–2026 season honors the composer with performances of two of his finest oratorios: La Giuditta “di Cambridge” from 1697 and Il martirio di Santa Teodosia (1685). The instrumental music of Scarlatti also set the mood for a collaborative concert between the Academy and New York City Master Chorale in October 2025. Many of the Academy instrumentalists were proud to participate in a performance of The Choir of St. Luke in the Fields featuring a Scarlatti Mass written for Christmas Eve. And ARTEK Early Music participated in the Scarlatti Festival by celebrating the works of Alessandro Scarlatti and Orlando Gibbons in a series at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church in New York City.

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La Giuditta, di “Cambridge” (1690)

• Thurs, September 11, 2025 (Manhattan)
• Sat, September 13, 2025 (North Salem)
• Sun, September 14, 2025 (Scarsdale)

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Immortal Bach (with instrumental music by Scarlatti and Wassenaer)
collaboration with the NYC Master Chorale

• Sun, November 16, 2025 (Manhattan)

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Il martirio di Santa Teodosia (1685)

• Sat, February 14, 2026 (North Salem)
• Sun, February 15, 2026 (Manhattan)

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Lucia Musso has graciously sponsored Adam Cockerham as the Director of Creation for the Scarlatti Festival. And we are also thankful for BY Wound Care Internal Medicine and Byoung Yang, MD for being our season sponsor!