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AmsterdamDer Messias [Christmas concert]
Mozart: Arrangement of Handel's Messiah, K572
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century; Klaas Stok; NDR Vokalensemble; Robin Johannsen; Esther Kuiper; James Way
Boulogne-BillancourtSt Matthew Passion
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
James Gilchrist; Yannick Debus; Robin Johannsen; Sophie Harmsen
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Václav Luks and the OAE deliver operatic scale in Haydn’s Creation
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.
Spinning the Wheel of Fortune: Vivaldi's Il Giustino in Berlin
A new production of Vivaldi's Byzantine opera Il Giustino charms Berlin, thanks to René Jacobs' exemplary conducting and a top-level cast led by Christophe Dumaux.
Jacobs’ plausible pleading on behalf of Leonore
Promoting Leonore, the original version of Beethoven's Fidelio, René Jacobs made several choices of his own, only some of them justifiable.
A boon for Beethoven buffs in Vienna
Beethoven lovers were expecting an authentic recreation of the first version of Fidelio but instead they got Leonore à la Jacobs.
Sparkling Così fan tutte in Barcelona
Jacobs has found in the excellent musicians of this orchestra the perfect laboratory to explore his conception of Mozart.
Magnificent music and opulent visuals
Under the baton of René Jacobs, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin dazzles in the Staatsoper's production of Purcell's "dramatick opera".