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VeronaCarmina Burana

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Orff: Carmina Burana
Arena di Verona Orchestra; James Conlon; Arena di Verona Chorus; Erin Morley; Carlo Vistoli; Mihai Damian

ParisLe Concert d’Astrée / Emmanuelle Haïm

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Handel: Messiah
Orchestre et chœur du Concert d'Astrée; Emmanuelle Haïm; Académie du Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris; Richard Wilberforce; Lucy Crowe; Carlo Vistoli

BarcelonaHaendel's Messiah

© Marianne Rosenstiehl
Handel: Messiah
Le Concert d'Astrée; Richard Wilberforce; Lucy Crowe; Carlo Vistoli; Lunga Eric Hallam; Ashley Riches

ParisRinaldoNew production

© Nicola Allegri
Handel: Rinaldo
Philippe Jaroussky; Valentina Carrasco; Silvia Aymonino; Elfried Roller; Elena Zamparutti

SalzburgLe Concert d‘Astrée · Haïm

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Haydn, Pergolesi
Le Concert d'Astrée; Emmanuelle Haïm; Julia Lezhneva; Carlo Vistoli

RomeMariotti: Le due Petite Messe

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Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Michele Mariotti; Hasmik Torosyan; Carlo Vistoli; Dmitry Korchak; Michele Pertusi
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Rossini’s Tancredi as a Sicilian puppet show in Rome

Carlo Vistoli (Tancredi) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Clever direction by Emma Dante matches an impressive cast, led by countertenor Carlo Vistoli taking the title role. 
*****
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A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare

Cecilia Bartoli (Cleopatra) and ensemble © Monika Rittershaus

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
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In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out

Pretty Yende (Semele) © The Royal Opera | Camilla Greenwell
Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful. 
****1
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World premiere success for Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala

Kate Lindsey (Adso da Melk) and ensemble © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

A great cast and an enjoyable score seal the success of a new opera based on Umberto Eco's classic historical murder mystery, The Name of the Rose

****1
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Handel’s Alcina makes its overdue Rome debut

Carlo Vistoli (Ruggiero) and Mariangela Sicilia (Alcina) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Illusion – theatrical illusion – is the theme of Pierre Audi's staging of Alcina, Handel’s beloved opera which finally makes its debut in Rome. 
****1
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Cesti’s Orontea: an early rarity at La Scala

Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Orontea) and Mirco Palazzi (Creonte) © Vito Lorusso | Teatro alla Scala
Giovanni Antonini leads a splendid orchestral performance of Cesti’s masterpiece, featuring an outstanding cast headlined by Carlo Vistoli.
****1
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ParmaOrfeo ed Euridice

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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Fabio Biondi; Shirin Neshat; Teatro Regio di Parma; Heike Vollmer; Katharina Schlipf; Valerio Tiberi; Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini

ParisLe Jardin des Voix: Un Jardin à l'Italienne

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Banchieri, Stradella, Vecchi, Handel, de Wert, Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Haydn, Sarro, Mozart, Porpora
Les Arts Florissants; William Christie; Lucía Martín-Cartón; Lea Desandre; Carlo Vistoli; Nicholas Scott

ParisGiulio Cesare in Egitto

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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17
Philippe Jaroussky; Damiano Michieletto; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Ensemble Artaserse