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Directed by oboist Alfredo Bernadini, Ensemble Zefiro's programme themed around La Follia is thrillingly played, human, edgy and unpredictable. 

The opera parody Atys en Folie created for the Valletta International Baroque festival is an interesting historical curiosity, but the genre's very specific brand of humour doesn't appeal to everyone.

Schembri and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra brings vitality, enthusiasm and maturity to the final concert of the season.

Iestyn Davies and The King's Consort a real highlight at the Valletta International Baroque Festival. 

A powerful piano and a tendency towards fortissimo dynamics disappoints at this recital of baroque piano transcriptions.

An enjoyable programme of works by Corelli, Scarlatti, Porpora, Bononcini and Vivaldi by the Concerto de' Cavalieri and Marcello Di Lisa.

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra revels in magic and the supernatural.

This evening of sheer entertainment at the Valletta Baroque Festival consisted of a pastiche opera based on Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie.

If we consider the word “festival” and its synonym “feast”, the Valletta International Baroque Festival, which started on 9 January and continues to 26 January, has proven to be a sumptuous feast, nay, a veritable banquet.The festival has brought Baroque music to a Baroque city. It is the city’s first, hopefully not the last, festival of music of the Baroque period.

Ein durchinszeniertes Kantaten- und Instrumentalfest, bei dem Emotionen und manch anderem bizarr freier Lauf gelassen wurde.

Beeindruckendes Solisten-Trio und Instrumentalensemble unter Leitung Steven Devines sorgten für eine in vielerlei Hinsicht passende Premiere in und Rückkehr nach Malta.

Diesem wunderbar zusammengestellten Opernabend fehlte keine inhaltliche Dramaturgie, allein mit noch mehr Mut, Expression und Stimmung hätte das Theatralische dem Flair des Besonderen Rechnung getragen.