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Such is the growing popularity of the solo countertenor voice that in this past week I was able to hear four countertenor performances in London - the latest being Max Emanuel Cenčić.

Sometimes, glancing through reviews and recordings of Baroque opera arias, one might be forgiven for wondering whether tenors and basses ever appeared on the 18th-century stage – the genre seems dominated by the exotic lives of the castrati and the incredibly exciting music that was written for them.

L'intermezzo de Gasparini tiré de la pièce de Molière déconcerte parfois mais le jeu en vaut la chandelle, car la mise en scène et l'interprétation musicale sont au rendez-vous.

Unter der Leitung von Raffaele Pe gelingt dem MusikTheater an der Wien eine kohärente Rekonstruktion von Francesco Gasparinis Opera seria Ambleto. Die musikalischen Highlights bleiben aber aus.