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Rinaldo conducts Rinaldo at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival
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.
Scarlatti's Griselda at Martina Franca
A swan song of the early Baroque opera seria, Scarlatti's final opera flourishes at a festival that specialises in rarely performed works.
Le Rigoletto de Brunel : pas de deux à l’Opéra de Lorraine
L'Opéra national de Lorraine accueille la production foisonnante de Rigoletto mis en scène par Richard Brunel, avec un casting vocal particulièrement brillant et une direction musicale tirée au cordeau.
La Cetra dazzles in Juditha triumphans at Dutch National Opera
Floris Visser’s staging transforms Vivaldi’s biblical oratorio into a credible wartime drama. The young cast is proficient, and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Marcon, nothing short of miraculous.
Rinaldo given a rock makeover in Martina Franca
Giorgio Sangati's staging idea pits Christians vs Saracens as pop stars against dark metal.
Simply ravishing: Juditha triumphans
It's not his most commonly performed work, but with a crack team of vocal (and orchestral) soloists, Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra gave a fabulous account of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio.