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ParisJean-Baptiste Pergolèse / Stabat Mater

© Sophie Kilian
Pärt, Traditional, Pergolesi
Il Pomo d'Oro; Mélissa Petit; Jakub Józef Orliński

ParisIsraël en Égypte

© Henri Buffetaut
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Hervé Niquet; Thaïs Raï-Westphal; Mélissa Petit; Avery Amereau; Ru Charlesworth

ViennaRinaldoNew production

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Handel: Rinaldo
Francesco Corti; Nadja Loschky; MusikTheater an der Wien; Katharina Schlipf; Irina Spreckelmeyer; Karl Wiedemann; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

MadridStradella - San Giovanni Battista

© Manuel Alcorlo
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
Francesco Corti; Teatro Real; Il Pomo d'Oro; Il Pomo d'Oro Choir; Jakub Józef Orliński; Mélissa Petit

Boulogne-BillancourtMozart Requiem

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Mozart, Bach J.C., Drese
Concentus Musicus Wien; Laurence Equilbey; Mélissa Petit; Agata Schmidt; Michael Schade; Matthias Winckhler

ParisLa GriseldaConcert performance

© Igor Studio
Vivaldi: Griselda, RV 718
Julien Chauvin; Le Concert de la Loge; Lucile Richardot; Mélissa Petit; Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian
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A birthday reimagining of Il viaggio a Reims in Salzburg

Cecilia Bartoli (Corinna) and ensemble © SF | Monika Rittershaus
In Barrie Kosky’s hyperactive staging, Il viaggio a Reims becomes a birthday tribute to Cecilia Bartoli complete with rewritten text, extravagant costumes, sexual escapades and a giant cake. 
***11
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A soul-stirring Orfeo ed Euridice as Bartoli commands Cremona’s stage

Cecilia Bartoli and Mélissa Petit © Lorenzo Gorini

Cecilia Bartoli and Gianluca Capuano lead a superb performance of Orfeo ed Euridice, in semi-staged form, as a prologue to the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona. 

*****
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A Whitsun Festival crowned by Rossini’s magic in Salzburg

Sergey Romanovsky and Cecilia Bartoli © © SF/Marco Borrelli

An exciting gala concert led by Cecilia Bartoli closed the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg, under the expert baton of Gianluca Capuano.

****1
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Love in time of the drug wars: a contemporary Tancredi at Bregenz

Mélissa Petit (Amenaide) and Anna Goryachova (Tancredi) © Bregenzer Festspiele | Karl Forster
Anna Goryachova and Mélissa Petit shine as doomed lovers Tancredi and Amenaide, while Jan Philipp Gloger's contemporary setting has much to offer, but doesn't quite nail the landing.
***11
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Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival

Mattia Olivieri and Cecilia Bartoli © SF | Marco Borelli

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

****1
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A Haydn rarity: L’anima del filosofo at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Rolando Villazón © Salzburger Festspiele | Marco Borrelli
The festival presents an illuminist take on the myth of Orpheus in a convincing concert performance of a rarely performed opera by Haydn. 
****1
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