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 S. Orsola (~1695–1700). The Academy is partnering with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the Yale Voxet for the performances of Il martirio di S. Orsola, and we are creating an edition of the manuscript of Scarlatti’s oratorio in the Beinecke Library at Yale University. An additional collaboration with NYC MasterChorale in a performance of Bach, Scarlatti, and Wassenaer rounds out the season.

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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 S. Orsola (1695)
with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music

• Fri, February 13, 2026 (New Haven)
• Sat, February 14, 2026 (Somers)
• 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!