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ParisManon LescautNew production

Ailyn Pérez (Manon) and Roberto Alagna (des Grieux) © Vincent Pontet
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Lorenzo Passerini; Oliver Mears; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestre National de France

ToulouseMagnificat

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Bach
Insula orchestra; Christophe Grapperon; Ana Vieira Leite; Chiara Skerath; William Shelton; Pierre-Yves Cras

Boulogne-BillancourtMagnificat

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Bach
Insula orchestra; Christophe Grapperon; Ana Vieira Leite; Chiara Skerath; William Shelton; Pierre-Yves Cras

MetzMagnificat

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Bach
Insula orchestra; Christophe Grapperon; Ana Vieira Leite; Chiara Skerath; William Shelton; Pierre-Yves Cras

Boulogne-BillancourtStabat Mater

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Verdi, Rossini
Insula orchestra; Christophe Grapperon; Joyce El-Khoury; Anna Goryachova; Julien Dran; Riccardo Zanellato

Boulogne-BillancourtMozart Requiem

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Mozart, Bach J.C., Drese
Concentus Musicus Wien; Laurence Equilbey; Mélissa Petit; Agata Schmidt; Michael Schade; Matthias Winckhler
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Manon Lescaut makes a belated return to Paris with Oliver Mears

Ailyn Pérez (Manon) and Roberto Alagna (des Grieux) © Vincent Pontet
Puccini's opera beguiles at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, carried by the excellence of Lorenzo Passerini's baton and of Ailyn Pérez et Roberto Alagna in the lead roles.
****1
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Mozart blows a fuse: Entführung at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Amitai Pati (Belmonte) and Jessica Pratt (Konstanze) © Vincent Pontet
Jessica Pratt lights up the Parisian skies with her Konstanze in Florent Siaud’s new production of Mozart's Singspiel at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. 
***11
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Opéra-Comique's Carmen brings high musical qualities to Edinburgh

Aliénor Feix (Mercédès), Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen) and Norma Nahoun (Frasquita) © Andrew Perry
Andreas Homoki's meta-staging in Paris' Opéra-Comique cannot detract from strong musical performances at the Edinburgh Festival, led by Gaëlle Arquez as a near-perfect Carmen.  
****1
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Funereal Fauré and Gounod from Equilbey, accentus and Insula

Insula, accentus, John Brancy and Laurence Equilbey © Mark Allan | Barbican
Gorgeous French music, polished choral singing and excellent soloists are marred by an overwhelmingly dark timbre and unsympathetic video.
***11
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Darkness and light: Equilbey's period Fidelio in concert

Laurence Equilbey makes a convincing case for a younger, fresher Fidelio played on period instruments.
****1
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Nézet-Séguin and the COE bring Beethoven to Baden-Baden

The elegance of the First Symphony served as a perfect curtain raiser for the mammoth, exultant Ninth.
*****
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Boulogne-BillancourtLe Paradis et la Péri

Le Paradis et la Péri à La Seine Musicale © Julien Benhamou
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri)
Laurence Equilbey; Daniela Kerck; Andrea Schmidt-Futterer; Insula orchestra; accentus; Astrid Steiner