Live, Video: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | Francesca Ascioti

Showing 7 of 7 reviews

Read reviews in other languages: Français

Loading image...

Rinaldo conducts Rinaldo: a Baroque favourite at Karlsruhe’s International Handel Festival

By Mengguang Huang, 26 February 2025

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.

***11

Loading image...

***11

Karlsruhe

26 Feb 2025

Rinaldo conducts Rinaldo at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival

By Mengguang Huang

Martina Franca

Scarlatti's Griselda receives a regal staging in Martina Franca

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 29 July 2021

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

****1

****1

Martina Franca

29 Jul 2021

Scarlatti's Griselda at Martina Franca

By Lorenzo Fiorito

Amsterdam

La Cetra dazzles in Juditha triumphans at Dutch National Opera

By Jenny Camilleri, 26 January 2019

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.

****1

****1

Amsterdam

26 Jan 2019

La Cetra dazzles in Juditha triumphans at Dutch National Opera

By Jenny Camilleri

Martina Franca

Who are the champions? Rinaldo given a rock makeover in Martina Franca

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 29 July 2018

Giorgio Sangati's staging idea pits Christians vs Saracens as pop stars against dark metal.

***11

***11

Martina Franca

29 Jul 2018

Rinaldo given a rock makeover in Martina Franca

By Lorenzo Fiorito

London

Simply ravishing: Juditha triumphans at the Barbican

By Dominic Lowe, 02 November 2016

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.

****1

****1

London

02 Nov 2016

Simply ravishing: Juditha triumphans

By Dominic Lowe

Venice

Juditha triumphans: A big night out for the girls in Venice

By Jonathan Sutherland, 05 July 2015

Juditha triumphans in a minimalist production at Venice's Teatro La Fenice.

***11

***11

Venice

05 Jul 2015

Juditha triumphans: A big night out for the girls in Venice

By Jonathan Sutherland

Nancy

Le Rigoletto de Brunel : pas de deux à l’Opéra de Lorraine

By Augustin Javel, 25 June 2021

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.

****1

****1

Nancy

25 Jun 2021

Le Rigoletto de Brunel : pas de deux à l’Opéra de Lorraine

By Augustin Javel