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Jérémie Rhorer led a turbocharged performance of this rare Spontini opera, which, although it tires with its grandiose hyperbole, contains excerpts that deserve to be heard more often.

Despite its failings, La Monnaie turn Gaspare Spontini's 1805 La vestale into a fascinating evening's opera.

On a rare visit to Milan, a programme of Gaspare Spontini and Beethoven exhibited a sound that was sometimes rough around the edges but brimming with creative energy. 

Après Salomé, Lydia Steier signe une nouvelle mise en scène forte, dans un ouvrage de Spontini qui mérite son retour à Paris, surtout quand il est porté par une belle distribution.

Trotz aller Schwächen lohnt ein Besuch, auch wenn man manchmal beide Augen zudrücken muss.