Instrument: Countertenor

Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.

*****

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

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Mengguang Huang, 26 Apr

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

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Pia Maltri, 07 Apr

Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

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Graham Meyer, 29 Mar

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of El último sueño de Frida y Diego brings the Mexican artists to life... or at least a life reminiscent of their real ones.

****1

A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare

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Mengguang Huang, 28 Mar

Davide Livermore’s high-octane production transforms Handel into a lavish blockbuster. While the superstars shine, the relentless entertainment-first approach often sacrifices musical refinement and dramatic logic for Netflix-style spectacle.

***11

Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin

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Zenaida des Aubris, 28 Mar

The Baroque confectionery of Herbert Fritsch's production of Handel's oratorio belies a serious core which is all too close to today's headlines.

****1

Performers

Ainslie, Christopher Arditti, Jake Austin, Alasdair Balducci, Nicolò Borodulin, Ivan Brès-Feuillet, Rémy Burns {Countertenor}, Nicholas Button, Edward Bénos-Djian, Paul-Antoine Capezzuto, Vincenzo Cenčić, Max Emanuel Chance, Alexander Chenez, Ray Cohen, Aryeh Nussbaum Costanzo, Anthony Roth Craig, Patrick Cutting, Hugh Danta, Maximiliano Davies, Iestyn De Praetere, Pieter Dumaux, Christophe Dunachie, Patrick Dähling, Matthias Elgersma, Daniel Engeltjes, Maarten Facchini, Jacopo Fagioli, Franco Figuier, Paul Fiorio, Federico Giangrande, Alessandro Gloger, Daniel Gluck, Arnaud Gould, David Guy, James Hall, James Haynes, Austin Holiday, John Imart, Théo Ingbar, Jacob Iushkevich, Iurii Jaroussky, Philippe Jiang, Zheng Jurenas, Eric Kadussi, Eliran Kesby, Glenn Kim, Kangmin Justin Kirchgessner, Jaro Krutko, Artem Köhler, Alex Lilburn, Tom Lowrey, Christopher Marziotte, Leandro Mead, Tim Mercieca, Nathan Miguélez Rouco, Alberto Mineccia, Filippo Mobley, Reginald Murrah, Key'mon W.Mynenko, Yuriy Olech, Piotr Orellana, Dennis Orliński, Jakub Józef Pe, Raffaele Pennino, Agustín Potter, Alex Pun, Keith Rojas {countertenor}, Eduardo Sabadus, Valer Sabata, Xavier Sawyer, Ben Schachtner, Benno Scholl, Andreas Scotting, Randall Shahbazi, Cameron Shelton, William Simonato, Alessandro Smith, Barnaby Smith, Paul Spanos, Nicholas Tamagna, Nicholas Valentine, Kieron-Connor Visse, Dominique Vistoli, Carlo Wanderer, Nils Watts, Andrew Wey, Terry Wieners, Johannes Willetts, Owen Zimmermann, Constantin Emanuel de Sá, Bruno van der Werf, Gerben