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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.

Blockflötensolistin Dorothee Oberlinger und die Akamus Berlin präsentierten sich beim Festival als vertraute, gleichsam von inspirierender Umsetzung befähigte Schicksalsgemeinschaft.