Photo gallery: Baroque theatres you should see

Hasse's Tito Vespasiano at Český Krumlov, Czech Republic

Drottningholms Slottsteater, Sweden

Gustav III's Theatre at Gripsholm, Sweden

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at Ulrikdals Slottsteater Confidencen, Solna, Sweden

Château de Versailles: Opéra Royal

Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Sala Bibiena

Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza

Teatro Farnese, Parma

Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, Germany

Cloud setting at the Schlosstheater, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Theatre at the Neues Palais, Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, Germany

By David Karlin, 09 March 2017

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Lawrence Dunn, 20th March

The young Polish harpsichordist with the Cohaere Ensemble talks about the Early music scene in Poland, her investigations into music of 18th-century Danzig, one of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities.

Rare symphonies: Masaaki Suzuki returns to Singapore

Nahoko Gotoh, 19th March

Renowned Japanese conductor returns to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra to perform unusual music from Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda – an influence on Robert Schumann, who described him as “unique in the world of symphonies”.

Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and beyond

Lawrence Dunn, 10th March

We profile one of the most advanced and best-sounding concert halls in the UK, and take a look further afield at arts and culture across Manchester.

Follow your ears: Ida Meidell on Early music in Scandinavia

Danny Riley, 27th February

We talk to Baroque violinist and folk fiddler Ida Meidell about being at the intersection of folk music and Early music, and the richness of the wider scene across Scandinavia.

Singing on the strings: Élodie Brzustowski on Early music in France

Danny Riley, 14th January

Lute player and guitarist Élodie Brzustowski talks about the challenges of the two-metre long theorbo, rediscovering guitar music of the 1830s, and the multifaceted Early music scene in France.

Dinosaurs of the Baroque: discovering Les Dinos et l’Arche

Lawrence Dunn, 2nd January

Thomas Leininger’s Baroque-inspired children’s opera at Geneva’s La Cité Bleue is a unique stylistic departure, which asks the essential question: what happened to the dinosaurs left off Noah’s Ark?

David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.