Listen to "Fecit Potentiam"
How do you keep a bunch of singing orphans out of mischief'? Well in 18th century Italy, a remarkable orphanage in Venice had the enthusiastic services of the greatest composers of the age, who wrote stunning music for the young girls of the Ospedali. Composers like Antonio Vivaldi and Nicola Porpora penned extraordinary choral works for young women from all backgrounds who were in the care of the nuns and school in Venice.
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