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Handel's Rodelinda comes to Göttingen a year after the planned centennial anniversary event, but is worth the wait with respect to musical values led by conductor Laurence Cummings with Anna Dennis in the title role.

The Orchestra of the 18th Century proves the main asset of a rewarding Don Giovanni at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. 

Robert Spano leads a masterfully staged performance of Theofanidis' grand oratorio Creation/Creator.

Haydn’s late, lofty achievement has the august quality of a masterwork, coupled with cheerfulness befitting a summer series that ends in the month of August.

The main stage of Carnegie Hall was fit to bursting on Wednesday night for Britten's War Requiem, which saw an exquisite interplay of soloists with ensembles, of sacred Latin barely whispered from the chorus and graphic English poetry recited by the tenor and baritone. 

A deeply stirring interpretation of Bach's St John Passion from Pacific Musicworks in Seattle. 

As Handel made music of John Milton’s poems L’Allegro and il Penseroso , Mark Morris made Handel’s music dance. The 32 scenes of Morris’ ballet breathe with inspiration of figures and designs from watercolours William Blake did for an edition of Milton’s poems.

J.S. Bach didn’t write an opera, but if he had, it’d probably be the best opera in the world. Fortunately for us, he wrote the next best thing, his Mattäus-Passion, a work of such dramatic power, that even in the concert or church settings in which it is usually performed, its highly emotional narrative thread is still captivating.

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia y el Coro, bajo la dirección de Carlos Mena, ofrecieron el Stabat Mater de Haydn en una versión muy lírica y con una desigual actuación de los solistas.

L’Indian Queen de Purcell aura ravi à Genève les auditeurs d’un drame baroque tellement moderne. Les héros de cette fresque amoureuse malheureuse auront suscité bien des émotions qui perdureront longtemps tant leur implication fut totale. Bravo !