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Rinaldo conducts Rinaldo at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival
With dazzling set designs and powerhouse sopranos, Karlsruhe’s Rinaldo upholds the opera's Baroque fantasy allure in a flawed yet fascinating production, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Scarlatti's Griselda at Martina Franca
A swan song of the early Baroque opera seria, Scarlatti's final opera flourishes at a festival that specialises in rarely performed works.
La Cetra dazzles in Juditha triumphans at Dutch National Opera
Floris Visser’s staging transforms Vivaldi’s biblical oratorio into a credible wartime drama. The young cast is proficient, and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Marcon, nothing short of miraculous.
Rinaldo given a rock makeover in Martina Franca
Giorgio Sangati's staging idea pits Christians vs Saracens as pop stars against dark metal.
Simply ravishing: Juditha triumphans
It's not his most commonly performed work, but with a crack team of vocal (and orchestral) soloists, Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra gave a fabulous account of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio.
Juditha triumphans: A big night out for the girls in Venice
Juditha triumphans in a minimalist production at Venice's Teatro La Fenice.