Doppeljubiläum von ZaterdagMatinee und Early Opera Company

By Jens Klier, 19 October 2025

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 18 October 2025

Lanier, No more shall meads be deck'd with flowers

Locke, Music for viols

Huygens, Liederen

Purcell, Birthday ode for Queen Mary / Come ye sons of art, away, Z323

Purcell, Celebrate this festival, Z 321

Purcell, Music for the funeral of Queen Mary

Early Opera Company

Christian Curnyn, Conductor

Anna Dennis, Soprano

Matthew Long, Tenor

Nick Pritchard, Tenor

Michael Mofidian, Bass-baritone

Samuel West, Speaker

Fairy style for the Fairest Isle: King Arthur at Temple Church

Roy Westbrook, 27th September

A concert performance of a Purcell semi-opera can never fully succeed, but compromise is worth it, if it enables us to hear a significant part of a major composer's output.

****1

Giulio Cesare in Londra with the marvellous EOC

Roy Westbrook, 11th April

Anna Devin's Cleopatra moved with complete conviction for scheming minx to mature woman in love.

*****

Camptastic, darling: Rameau's Platée

Charlotte Valori, 20th November

Channelling Conchita Wurst in its starring role, the Early Opera Company's production of this rare Rameau opera is bursting with laughs and memorable performances from a strong young cast.

****1

Delicious downtime with the Duchess: La descente d’Orphée aux enfers with the Early Opera Company

Charlotte Valori, 17th June

Closing your eyes while listening, you could easily imagine yourself in a gilt-edged salon, with Her Highness Mademoiselle Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise, peer of France, princess of Joinville, hereditary seneschal of Champagne herself sitting not far from you, enjoying and approving every lovely note.

****1

Laments and combats: Deep emotions in Monteverdi Ballets at Spitalfields

Cristina de Lucas, 17th June

Under the title “Monteverdi Ballets”, Spitalfields Music Summer Festival presented a joint collaboration between the Early Opera Company and Avant Garde Dance. The challenge was to merge music and dance coming from two different artistic projects into a single unified product.

***11

Spitalfields Music Summer Festival: A rare outing for Handel's Susanna by the Early Opera Company

Julia Savage, 12th June

The decision to appoint the Early Opera Company and Scanner as this year’s associate artists says much about Spitalfields Music Summer Festival, an eclectic cornucopia of classical and non-classical music concerts by professional and amateur artists, bespoke tours, and family activities.

****1

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Jens Klier

Vor seinem Rechtswissenschafts-Studium in Bayreuth und Bonn widmete sich Jens Klier seit frühester Kindheit musikalisch der Violine (Repertoire vom 17. bis 20. Jahrhundert). Während er zudem mit Gesang und dem Leben im Orchesterbetrieb groß wurde, entwickelte sich ein besonderes Interesse an der sogenannten 'Historischen Aufführungspraxis' und authentischen Instrumenten. Diese Leidenschaft hält sich hartnäckig, sodass er sie mit Vorliebe für das Barocke anstatt mit Finger und Bogen nun in Form der Musikkritik zu Gehör bringt. U.a. Telemann-Fan, Liebhaber J. S. Bachs Genies und Entdecker neuerer, seltenerer 'Alter Musik'.

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