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RotterdamSt Matthew Passion

De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Apr 01, 02, 03

Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; John Butt; Carolyn Sampson; Catriona Morison; Samuel Boden; Andrew Tortise

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Teatro Real, Apr 30, May 02, 04, 06, 08, 10

Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

Josep Pons; Katie Mitchell; Teatro Real; Vicki Mortimer; Stéphane Degout; Georgia Jarman

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BarcelonaLessons in Love and Violence

Gran Teatre del Liceu, Feb 26, Mar 01, 04, 07, 09, 11

Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

Josep Pons; Katie Mitchell; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Vicki Mortimer; James Farncombe; Stéphane Degout; Georgia Jarman

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An Orfeo of infinite beauty by Nederlandse Reisopera

Nicolas Nguyen, 09 Feb

The brainchild of opera director Monique Wagemakers, choreographer Nanine Linning and visual artist Lonneke Gordijn, this Orfeo by Nederlandse Reisopera is a thing of infinite beauty.

*****

John Butt and the Dunedin Consort © David Barbour

Simon Thompson, 24 Aug

John Butt’s musicians show that Bach’s secular cantatas have just as much to offer as the sacred.

****1

Lauren Fagan (Alcina) © Felix Grünschloß

Sandra Bowdler, 23 Feb

Handel's Alcina at the Karlsruhe 2019 Handel Festival scores on all fronts, with two Australians taking the main roles.

****1

Stephen Pritchard, 02 Feb

Even Baroque specialist John Butt could not persuade the BBC Symphony Chorus to sing in tune

***11

Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Stéphane Degout (King), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston) © ROH | Stephen Cummiskey

David Karlin, 10 May

George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's second full scale opera is a refinement of the craft showed in Written on Skin – but the lessons are less in love and violince than in power, tension and beauty of the score.

****1