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The day after the Winter Solstice and Wigmore Hall was bathed in an Italian summer trip to La Serenissima. 

An exhilarating evening of rarities and novelty from Anna Bonitatibus.

The staging of Don Chisciotte by Giovanni Paisiello in the patio of a masseria was intended as fun and playful. But an overly modest staging disappoints.

The revival of La Grotta di Trofonio is part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Paisiello's death, in co-production with Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

This was the first performance in modern times of Giovanni Paisiello’s Zenobia in Palmira and was enjoyed at the Teatro di Corte (Court Theatre) in the Royal Palace. 

Problems of balance in the first half of Sinfonietta Riga's "European Christmas" concert are followed by excellent Kraus and Haydn in the second.

Not the Barbiere you might have been expecting if you hadn't paid attention to the small print at the Theater an der Wien... 

It is perhaps inevitable that a Greek Baroque ensemble on their first visit to the Proms would want to showcase a programme with a link to their ancient heritage.