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Performer: Krešimir Stražanac

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TokyoTokyo Symphony Orchestra

Suntory Hall, Suntory Foundation for the Arts
Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; Lorenzo Viotti; Maximilian Schmitt; Franz-Josef Selig; Christina Landshamer; Catriona Morison

ParisPassion selon Saint Matthieu

© Petra Hajska
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Collegium 1704; Václav Luks; Céline Scheen; Tereza Zimková; Luciana Mancini; Aneta Petrasová

BrusselsFalstaffConcert performance

© Clärchen Baus
Salieri: Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle
René Jacobs; La Monnaie | De Munt; B'Rock Orchestra; Chœur de chambre de Namur; Krešimir Stražanac; Grégoire Mour
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Václav Luks and the OAE deliver operatic scale in Haydn’s Creation

Nick Pritchard, Václav Luks and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Mark Allan
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks are joined by their own choir and strong soloists for a fresh and colourful performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung.
****1
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Stefan Herheim’s bold Fledermaus at MusikTheater an der Wien

Dancers and Alexander Strobele (Frosch) © Karl Forster
Herheim’s Fledermaus is a risky experiment that, miraculously, works – at least in a city that knows it so intimately.
****1
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Telemann's Orpheus in Amsterdam: a truly European opera

In the hands of B'Rock Orchestra and conductor René Jacobs, Telemann's polyglot opera, once thought lost to time, becomes more than just a curiosity.
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Herreweghe achieves purity and unity in Bach's Mass in B minor

There are multiple ways of approaching Bach's Mass in B minor, from the one-to-a-part advocated by Joshua Rifkin to a more conventional large choral approach, and everything in between.
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Disappointing St John Passion in Oslo

The Oslo Philharmonic was left to tell the story due to some rather emotionless singing.
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Die Schöpfung zum Jubiläum des Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra und Choir of the Age of Enlightenment © Zen Grisdale
Mit zeitlich-örtlicher Zufälligkeit leitet Luks das Paradewerk ganz so, als wollten die Ebenbilder des Herrn die Schöpferkraft herausfordern wie geradezu gleichsam zu Haydns geschriebenem und vermitteltem Energieboost verblüffungsreif demonstrieren.
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