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Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero played in Lausanne for the first time

By Laura Servidei, 20 October 2024

A semi-staged production of Francesca Caccini's sole surviving opera is brought to life in Lausanne, featuring an outstanding cast of specialists in early music.

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Lausanne

22 Oct 2024

Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero played in Lausanne

By Laura Servidei

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Zurich

Back on the catwalk: Calixto Bieito's L’incoronazione di Poppea revived in Zürich

By Laura Servidei, 14 September 2021

Julie Fuchs and Delphine Galou shine in this revival and the Orchestra La Scintilla gives a great performance under Ottavio Dantone’s baton.

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Zurich

16 Sep 2021

Calixto Bieito's L’incoronazione di Poppea revived in Zürich

By Laura Servidei

Aix-en-Provence

Festival de Pâques: luxury casting for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion

By Stephen Pritchard, 02 April 2021

Even outstanding soloists had to wait their turn in this Rolls-Royce performance in Aix-en-Provence.

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Aix-en-Provence

05 Apr 2021

Luxury casting in Aix for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion

By Stephen Pritchard

Bucharest

Vivaldi's Giustino: Enescu Festival sheds light on another 18th-century gem

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 September 2019

In the Bucharest performance, the individual vocal contributions were consistently good, with some really standing out.

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Bucharest

10 Sep 2019

Enescu Festival sheds light on another 18th-century gem

By Edward Sava-Segal

Zurich

Monteverdi’s Poppea in Zurich: metaphor for the modern world

By Sarah Batschelet, 24 June 2018

Calixto Bieito sets Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea in a hedonist, decadent society whose citizens are defined by their egotism, ambition and sexual exploits.

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Zurich

25 Jun 2018

A metaphor for the modern world in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Amsterdam

Starry performance can’t quite lift Caldara’s Planets to the skies in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen, 28 April 2018

Accomplished performances from the cast and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra can’t fully compensate the shortcomings of Caldara’s Harmony of the Planets.

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Amsterdam

29 Apr 2018

Starry performance can’t lift Caldara’s Planets to the skies

By Nicolas Nguyen

Amsterdam

Dutch National Opera successfully resurrects La morte d’Orfeo

By Jenny Camilleri, 23 March 2018

In a successfully streamlined staging, Stefano Landi’s obscure, overpopulated opera got the royal treatment by a superior cast and orchestra.

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Amsterdam

26 Mar 2018

Dutch National Opera successfully resurrects La morte d’Orfeo

By Jenny Camilleri

Versailles

Lully's Alceste a great success in Versailles

By Laura Servidei, 10 December 2017

Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques perform Alceste, the most recent effort in their almost complete set of Lully's operas. A strong cast and a remarkable chorus complete a successful performance.

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Versailles

12 Dec 2017

Lully's Alceste a great success in Versailles

By Laura Servidei

Amsterdam

Eliogabalo’s dark carnival in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen, 12 October 2017

Cappella Mediterranea blows life into Eliogabalo’s dark carnival as imagined by Thomas Jolly.

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Amsterdam

16 Oct 2017

Eliogabalo’s dark carnival in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen

Utrecht

L'Arpeggiata: Bertali and Sances at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 05 September 2014

Christina Pluhar led ensemble L'Arpeggiata in a concert of delightful sacred music from the Habsburg court chapel in Vienna.

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Utrecht

07 Sep 2014

L'Arpeggiata in Utrecht

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis