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Auf alten und neuen Wegen der Heimat: Händels Esther beim zamus: early music festival

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Reviewed at Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne on 27 June 2021
Handel, Esther, HWV 50a
Shalev Ad-El, Conductor
Hana Blažíková, Soprano
Dana Marbach, Soprano
Alex Potter, Countertenor
Marcus Ullmann, Tenor
Tomáš Král, Bass
Chorwerk Ruhr
Yuval Weinberg, Choirmaster / chorus director
Concerto Köln
The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane
****1
Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma
***11
Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala
****1
Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen
**111
Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick
****1
Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre
*****
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