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LondonPurcell: Dido and AeneasKonzertante Aufführung
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Beth Taylor; Jonathan Brown; Anna Dennis; Hilary Summers
ManchesterThe Hallé - St John Passion
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV245
The Hallé; Laurence Cummings; Ed Lyon; George Humphreys; Nardus Williams; Reginald Mobley
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Freudian slip: Handel’s Tamerlano recast as Trumpian tantrums
Opha Phelan’s staging presents the action as a grand, Freudian social experiment. It’s a risk – but the production is lifted by outstanding performances from the cast and the Academy of Ancient Music.
Strong team for a Good Friday St John Passion
The greatest music of the 18th century – no arguments, please – is given a fine reading at London's Barbican.
Dans le droit chemin : la Passion selon Mark Padmore au TCE
L'Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment et Mark Padmore proposent au TCE une Passion selon saint Jean de Bach solide et ciselée mais par endroit trop contenue.
The Gospel according to St Mark: Padmore and the OAE in Battersea
This Evangelist had just come straight from Golgotha, where he had witnessed events so momentous he was compelled to recount them at once.
Venus Unwrapped kicks off on an uneven playing field
It was unfair to pair the exquisite madrigals and songs of Barbara Strozzi with a weighty piece by Monteverdi.