Intensidad handeliana en el Teatro Real con Corti e Il Pomo d'Oro

By Aaron Vincent, 24 February 2026

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“"Son nata a lagrimar" fue un momento cumbre, logrando emocionar incluso con los silencios”

Reviewed at Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid on 21 February 2026

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17 (Ópera en versión de concierto )

Francesco Corti, Conductor

Jakub Józef Orliński, Giulio Cesare

Sabine Devieilhe, Cleopatra

Rebecca Leggett, Sesto

Beth Taylor, Cornelia

Yuri Minenko, Tolomeo

Marco Saccardin, Curio

Alex Rosen, Achilla

Il Pomo d'Oro

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Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

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Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

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Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

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Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

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Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

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Trojan’s Carousel: a magical night of dreams come true in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 23rd April

A vintage opera at the National Theatre offers charming adventures for children and musical sophistication for adults.

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Aaron Vincent

Aaron Vincent nació en Londres en 1970 y reside en Madrid. Formado como arquitecto en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, es profesor de inglés, corrector y traductor especializado en teatro y musicología. Su interés principal es el teatro lírico y siente especial predilección por la ópera barroca y la zarzuela, en todas sus etapas y formatos. Es habitual de las temporadas musicales de Madrid y París. Ha colaborado con Filomúsica y Mundoclásico.

Intensidad handeliana en el Teatro Real con Francesco Corti e Il Pomo d'Oro