Performer: Lea Desandre

ParisLe Barbier de Séville

Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Sep 12, 17, 20 mat, 23, 26, Oct 01, 04 mat, 07, 10, 24, 28, Nov 01 mat, 03, 05

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

François López-Ferrer; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Jader Bignamini; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin

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Grandes écuries du château de Chantilly, Sun 11 Oct at 17:00

Lea Desandre; Thomas Dunford; William Christie

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Palau de la Música, Mon 19 Oct at 19:30

Hahn, Satie, Charpentier, Visée, Debussy, Offenbach

Lea Desandre; Thomas Dunford

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Konzerthaus Dortmund, Fri 30 Oct at 19:30

Mozart: Mass no. 18 in C minor "Great", K427 (K417a)

Raphaël Pichon; Ensemble Pygmalion; Sabine Devieilhe; Lea Desandre; Kieran Carrel

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Wigmore Hall, Wed 4 Nov at 19:30

Dowland

Thomas Dunford; Ensemble Jupiter; Lea Desandre

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Barbican Hall, Mon 9 Nov at 20:00

Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn

Raphaël Pichon; Ensemble Pygmalion; Chœur de Pygmalion; Sabine Devieilhe; Lea Desandre

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Ensemble Jupiter end European tour of Handel’s Theodora in Brussels

Avery Amereau and Ensemble Jupiter © Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical (CNDM) | Rafa Martín, courtesy of Ensemble Jupiter

Simon Thompson, 15 Oct

Projection proves a problem for the singers, but this Theodora at BOZAR is nevertheless full of musical and spiritual beauty.

****1

Nadezhda Karyazina and Cecilia Bartoli in Hotel Metamorphosis © © SF/Monika Rittershaus

Laura Servidei, 08 Jun

A pasticcio of superb musicianship is the main event at the Venice-themed Whitsun Festival.

****1

Mattia Olivieri and Cecilia Bartoli © SF | Marco Borelli

Laura Servidei, 18 May

Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.

****1

Lea Desandre (Idamante) © Grand Théâtre de Genève | Magali Dougados

Laura Servidei, 02 Mar

The Grand Théâtre de Genève presents a new production of Mozart’s opera seria where the focus is all on dancing and rope twirling. Nevertheless, a good cast, led by Federica Lombardi as Elettra, manages to shine through.

**111

Adriana González (Countess), Sabine Devieilhe (Susanna) and Lea Desandre (Cherubino) © SF | Matthias Horn

Mark Pullinger, 05 Aug

Martin Kušej gives Mozart and Da Ponte's commedia per musica a sinister mafia setting, which is low on laughs but outstandingly performed, led by Lea Desandre's charismatic Cherubino.

***11

Laura Servidei, 25 Sep

The Opernhaus Zurich revives Jan Philipp Gloger’s production, for a performance with mixed results: a solid cast of singers under Christoph König’s heavy baton.

**111

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