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All that glitters is not gold: Mitridate, Re di Ponto in Berlin
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden's multi-seasonal Baroque project continues with a new production of Mozart's first opera seria, which roars and soars under the conducting of Marc Minkowski.
A female voice florilegium: Vivaldi's Juditha triumphans in Paris
A great performance of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the protagonist, under the baton of Jean-Chirstophe Spinosi.
Enescu Festival sheds light on another 18th-century gem
In the Bucharest performance, the individual vocal contributions were consistently good, with some really standing out.
A night of deceit and fun: Così at Drottningholm
The third opera of the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy opens the opera festival in Drottningholm, the "Swedish Versailles", with a good cast beautifully conducted by Marc Minkowski.
Outstanding Brockes-Passion at Göttingen
Brockes-Passion is becoming not quite the performing rarity it once was, and this outstanding performance at the Göttingen Handel Festival this year could hardly be bettered.
A drab Don Giovanni from the Glyndebourne Tour
A lack of inspiration and dull staging is a serious hindrance to the second of Glyndebourne's touring productions.