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In Hamburg, George Petrou’s Göttingen presentation of Solomon weaves regal authority and tender humanity into a vivid exploration of justice’s timeless complexity. 

Handel's 1707 allegorical Italian oratorio is brought to stunning life by a brilliant quartet of singers and the impeccable FestspielOrchester Göttigen under festival director George Petrou. 

The Rossini Opera Festival revives a 2014 production by Mario Martone with a young, vibrant cast.

At the Göttingen Handel Festival, Handel's English oratorio features a choice array of soloists in a more than satisfactory outing under artistic director George Petrou. 

George Petrou and the FestspielOrchester Göttingen receive a rapturous reception in the opening concert of the resurrected International Handel Festival at Göttingen.

The Argentinian, one of the greatest countertenors of his generation, is today's specialist in the repertoire of Neapolitan composer Leonardo Vinci. 

A swan song of the early Baroque opera seria, Scarlatti's final opera flourishes at a festival that specialises in rarely performed works.

Nicola Porpora's pasticcio was one of the highlights of the 45th edition of the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca.

The problem with on-stage vulgarity is that, while it might be sophisticated and knowing satire, it ends by being what it is parodying.

Max Emanuel Cenčić with Armonia Atenea under George Petrou provide an exciting and satisfying concert at the Halle Handel Festival

Ann Hallenberg shines in an amazing cast in a concert performance of Handel's Ottone in Vienna. 

Armonia Atenea and a thrillingly virtuosic cast, led by countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić, bring Hasse’s Siroe to Amsterdam

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. 

Let’s be clear: this was a performance of the highest order. From the first five notes of the overture, the sixteen-member orchestra Armonia Aténéa led by George Petrou ravished the audience of the Salle Pleyel with Handel’s full splendour.