Cappella Aquileia

Originally an offshoot of the Heidenheim Opera Festival, the Cappella Aquileia has taken on an independent existence, touring with and recording non-operatic music. Although not a historical performance group, the Cappella Aquileia performs in chamber dimensions that often resemble those of the ensembles for which 19th century orchestral music was intended. The Heidenheim Opera Festival was founded in 1977 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, a town in southern Germany's Baden-Württemberg state, near the Bavarian border and the city of Ulm. The festival took its present name in 1988. ...