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Performer: Hannah De Priest

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Haymarket Opera treats Chicago to compelling Baroque brotherly love

Charpentier's David et Jonathas © Elliot Mandel
In a rare performance of Charpentier’s David et Jonathas, Jory Vinikour leads a small ensemble to the heights of religious art music.
*****
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Breath and soul: Bach’s eloquent oboe at the Seattle Bach Festival

Debra Nagy, Tekla Cunningham, Hannah De Priest and Tyler Duncan © Dennis Browne

In ‘The Eloquent Oboe’, Tekla Cunningham and colleagues draw out the quiet drama in solo Bach cantatas – where the oboe’s sigh becomes the soul’s own speech.

****1
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Boston Early Music Festival strikes again with a knockout Octavia

Emőke Baráth (Octavia) © Kathy Wittman
Once again, the BEMF brings a Baroque opera back to life. Reinhard Keiser’s 1705 Octavia is exceptionally well sung, adroitly staged, designed and danced, with impeccable musicianship.
*****
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Aufs Korn genommen: Lampes The Dragon of Wantley beim Musikfest Bremen

The Dragon of Wantley © Patric Leo
In der Lachmuskeln strapazierenden Inszenierung formationseigenen Gilbert Blins gelingt dem BEMF ein Opernspaß, der es absolut verdient, vermehrt sein fantastisches Unwesen treiben zu dürfen.
****1
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