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A thrilling performance of one of Handel's most dramatic oratorios was rapturously received at the Göttingen International Handel Festival, rising from the Covid ashes this year

A concert performance of Arianna in Creta at the Halle Handel Festival riveted the audience with the towering talent of Ann Hallenberg and uniformly fine singing, acting and playing.

Armonia Atenea and a thrillingly virtuosic cast, led by countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić, bring Hasse’s Siroe to Amsterdam

B'Rock bring an interesting programme of Italian Baroque to their debut at the Proms.

Il Trionfo di Clelia is one of almost 50 operas composed by Gluck, many of which are unknown to the average opera-goer. What makes it interesting, in terms of the history of opera, is that it marks a return to opera seria only months after the first performance of his celebrated Orfeo ed Euridice, widely regarded as the cornerstone of 'reform opera', to which simplicity of plot and music were key.

Nuria Rial brilla en este Rinaldo de momentos preciosos y un ingenuo espíritu de fantasía, muy adecuado para una tórrida noche en un festival de verano.

Recréation française du Mitridate Eupatore d'Alessandro Scarlatti au festival de Beaune. Une composition musicale parfois austère, une œuvre politique audacieuse dans le traitement de ses personnages

Mit dieser neuerlichen Belgien-Produktion unterstrichen Ensemble und Dirigent ihren Ruf als vorzügliche und lebendige Opernausleuchter.

In der mittelalterlichen Bildwelt Nigel Lowerys entzündet das Orchester des Nationaltheaters unter der Leitung von Bernhard Forck ein barockes Feuerwerk, das mit einem Raketenstart ins Händel-Universum aufgeht.

Julia Lezhneva, Max Cencic und Armonia Atenea unter George Petrou brillieren in einer denkwürdigen konzertanten Aufführung von Hasses Siroe.

Grand succès de Hasse, le rival de Haendel, l’opéra Siroe, Re di Persia est tiré cet automne de l’oubli par Max Emanuel Cenčić dans le rôle-titre et à la mise en scène. Un spectacle éblouissant.