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Costanzo supposed to be the unifying factor of the performance, but he wasn’t always able to surpass the numerous distractions. 

Jaroussky and his Ensemble Artaserse provide moments of sublimity in Handel's lesser-known opera arias

Franziska Gottwald's superb mezzo voice and technique combined with dedicated commitment to text makes for a satisfying concert at Rosdorf near Göttingen during the Handel festival

To open the new season, the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot were joined by star mezzo Joyce DiDonato, whose performance sent listeners over the top and over the rainbow.

The Last Night of the Proms provided a welcome tying-up of the various strands that have permeated this year’s season: British light music, the 60th anniversary of the Coronation, a host of premières and new BBC commissions, and the significant anniversaries of a number of composers (including the big-hitters of the season, Wagner and Britten).

Danielle de Niese, the much-marketed new star of the opera world, has been performing at the Met in The Enchanted Island this week, and came downtown on a night off this Monday to promote her new album of Baroque arias. A packed house filled (Le) Poisson Rouge, a club popular for both classical and mainstream artists, despite its unsuited acoustic.

If one had idly wondered how a programme of English love songs, sung by a German, would be received by a Norwegian audience, in a wet and windy Bergen, the answer came loud and clear at this week's International Festival.

Alte Musik im neuen Style brachte Fetish Baroque in die Grazer Helmut-Liste-Halle; und begeisterte damit das Publikum.

Véritable star de cette soirée « Royal Haendel », Le Consort vole la vedette à Eva Zaïcik dont le somptueux instrument manque d’audace.