En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Hercules, HWV 60: Where congeal'd the northern streams

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.