Brillantes Emmanuelle Haïm y Le Concert d'Astrée en Ibermúsica

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 04 December 2025

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“ejemplar el equilibrio entre refinamiento y sinceridad, gracias a la pulcritud en la afinación”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 3 December 2025

Durante, Concerto a cinque in A major

Scarlatti, Salve Regina

Leo, Salve Regina

Locatelli, Sinfonia Funebre in F minor

Pergolesi, Stabat Mater

Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor

Emőke Baráth, Soprano

Carlo Vistoli, Countertenor

Le Concert d'Astrée

Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

Mengguang Huang, 23rd January

Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.

****1

Gods 1 – 0 Mortals in Staatsoper Berlin's Baroque Days festival

Zenaida des Aubris, 5th November

Àlex Ollé directs a rare version of Idoménée in Berlin, in which the staging fares better than the singing.

***11

Peeping Tom's Dido and Aeneas overflowing with imagery in Geneva

Edward Sava-Segal, 3rd May

How can one focus on the music? Purcell’s music is interspersed with contemporary interludes by Atsushi Sakaï in an overly busy staging.

****1

Handel’s Rodelinda: A strong season opening at Opéra de Lille

Laura Servidei, 6th October

A great cast of exciting singers seals a success in Lille, despite a new production which fails to convince.

****1

Mozart with a French accent at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 15th November

Directed by Emmanuelle Haïm, French period instrument ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée served up a few choice cuts of Figaro Harmoniemusik before a delicious main course of the Gran Partita.

****1

Leclairs Scylla et Glaucus in Zürich: Dreiecksgeschichte im Internat

Thomas Schacher, 27th March

Emmanuelle Haïm mit ihrem Concert d’Astree und Claus Guth garantieren am Opernhaus Zürich für die erfolgreiche Wiedererweckung dieser vergessenen Tragédie en musique. Ob sie ins Repertoire eingehen wird, ist ungewiss.

*****

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.

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