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Performer: Christophe Rousset

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ToulouseStabat Mater

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Leo, Ferrandini, Pergolesi
Les Talens Lyriques; Christophe Rousset; Irina Sherazadishvili; Key'mon W. Murrah

Boulogne-BillancourtThe Four Seasons

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Vivaldi, Rebel
Les Talens Lyriques; Christophe Rousset; Gilone Gaubert-Jacques; Grégoire Pont

ParisHippolyte et Aricie

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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Christophe Rousset; Les Talens Lyriques; Chœur de chambre de Namur; Reinoud Van Mechelen; Marie Lys

LondonLes Talens Lyriques: Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie

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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Christophe Rousset; Les Talens Lyriques; Chœur de chambre de Namur; Reinoud Van Mechelen; Marie Lys

ParisRoméo et JulietteConcert performance

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Steibelt: Roméo et Juliette
Christophe Rousset; Les Talens Lyriques; Flemish Radio Choir; Mélissa Petit; Cyrille Dubois

FlorenceRarità mozartiane

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Mozart
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Christophe Rousset; Marie-Ève Munger; Beth Taylor; Sebastian Kohlhepp; Luca Tittoto
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Teenage Mozart’s Mitridate a great success at La Scala

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Christophe Rousset leads Les Talens Lyriques and a stellar cast in a superb rendition of Mozart’s first opera seria.

*****
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A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria

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Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos. 

***11
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Fine Bach cantatas from Paul Figuier at the Festival d’Ambronay

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Young countertenor Figuier gives an accomplished vocal performance, sometimes overpowered by the energy of Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques. Oboist Gilles Vanssons steals the show.
***11
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Jephtha: Handel's last English oratorio at the Halle Handel Festival

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Handel's last English oratorio Jephtha is beautifully performed by Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques in Halle, although the drama is a bit slow off the mark. 
***11
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Not quite a premiere, not quite a success: Salieri’s Kublai Khan

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Martin G Berger exhaustively reworks the story and the libretto of Salieri's Cublai, gran kan de' Tartari and throws the kitchen sink at this new production, but not everything lands well. 
***11
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Unhappy ever after: Gluck's Armide returns to Paris

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Excellent performances and stage direction make a good case for an opera that's on the slow side dramatically.
****1
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