Del madrigal al madrigal, de Monteverdi a Monteverdi: Rinaldo Alessandrini y Concerto Italiano en el Auditorio

Concerto Italiano excels performing Baroque music, especially the works of Monteverdi. This year it highlights L’Orfeo in its 410th year, and does it exceptionally well.

Du 7 au 30 juin, la scène du Palais Garnier accueille Le Couronnement de Poppée, opéra de Monteverdi (1642), dans une version établie par le chef Rinaldo Alessandrini, assortie d’une mise en scène très poétique de Robert Wilson. Une production raffinée et élégante, néanmoins susceptible de décevoir les spécialistes de Monteverdi.

Illusion – theatrical illusion – is the theme of Pierre Audi's staging of Alcina, Handel’s beloved opera which finally makes its debut in Rome. 

With dazzling set designs and powerhouse sopranos, Karlsruhe’s Rinaldo upholds the opera's Baroque fantasy allure in a flawed yet fascinating production, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini. 

Laurent Pelly's Night in the Museum production of Giulio Cesare is finally staged at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, after its 2020 pandemic cancellation.

Donizetti's music in this early opera has the freshness and liveliness of his most mature comic works, but l barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola were just a few years before, as one could easily perceive.