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In a concert performance at the Berlin Philharmonie, conductor René Jacobs gives his own – thrilling – take on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.

A new production of Vivaldi's Byzantine opera Il Giustino charms Berlin, thanks to René Jacobs' exemplary conducting and a top-level cast led by Christophe Dumaux.

The tiniest orchestral details were discernible with tremendous clarity. 

Romeo Castellucci’s inspiring and spiritual production lands in Berlin, with a superb cast of Baroque specialists and the B’Rock Orchestra under the baton of René Jacobs.

This year’s NTR ZaterdagMatinee concert series in Amsterdam kicked off with a Boris Godunov that left nothing to be desired.

The restrained pacing of Larcher's opera suited the intimate setting of the Werkstattbühne.

Iván Fischer's staged concert had its flaws, but some original ideas and a strong cast gave an impressive performance.

Amor vien dal destino, by the celebrated multi-talented Italian Agostino Steffani, receives its first staging in 300 years in Berlin's Schiller Theater under the direction of René Jacobs.

Five star reviews are flowing Arcangelo’s way. It’s easy to see why. Five years after it was founded by Jonathan Cohen, the quality of this zestful ensemble just keeps soaring. 

The Lautten Compagney performed Handel's Rinaldo at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw enjoyably, though without sweeping the audience off its feet.

Sometimes the remedy for an extremely fast-paced life is a mellow afternoon in a fabulous concert hall. So it was that on Sunday, the Orchestra of the Berlin Konzerthaus put on a program featuring Dvořák at his most pastoral.Led by Iván Fischer and featuring soprano Anna Lucia Richter and mezzo Olivia Vermeulen, the program was devoted entirely to Dvořák.

La propuesta semiescenificada de Idomeneo, a cargo de René Jacobs y Benoît de Leersnyder, aún con elementos positivos, quedó en una lectura más elegante que dramática.

Der spanisch-katalanische Großmeister historischer Aufführungspraxis und sein Orchester Le Concert des Nations wurden bei den Salzburger Festspielen für dramatische Rhythmusrhetorik frenetisch gefeiert.

No es infrecuente tener la oportunidad de escuchar la Pasión según San Mateo en el transcurso de la Semana Santa, lo que incrementa el número y la intensidad de elementos diegéticos que operan en la representación. En esta ocasión, además, la fecha era señalada por la comparecencia de una pléyade instrumental y vocal: la Orchester und Chor der Klangverwaltung y el Münchner Knabenchor bajo la avezada batuta de Enoch zu Guttenberg.

Spectacle total et foisonnant, Kein Licht réussit à stimuler la réflexion sans que l’émotion en pâtisse. Et si l’avenir de l’opéra se trouvait dans le nouveau genre du Thinkspiel ?

Quatrième opera de Vivaldi, Arsilda regina di Ponto revit dans un spectacle international et dans une mise en scène néoclassique qui donne aux personnages une réelle profondeur psychologique. A découvrir de toute urgence pendant l’itinérance de l’œuvre !