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Christmas celebrations with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre in Budapest

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Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 13 December 2017
Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (Cantatas 1, 2, 4 and 6)
Marc Minkowski, Conductor
Ana Quintans, Soprano
Hanna Husáhr, Soprano
Valerio Contaldo, Tenor
Yorck Felix Speer, Bass-baritone
Les Musiciens du Louvre
All that glitters is not gold: Mitridate, Re di Ponto in Berlin
****1
Operetta with teeth: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the TCE
****1
Baroque sorcery: Handel's Alcina returns to the Staatsoper
****1
Cross-dressing abounds: Gluck's Armide
**111
Platée at Opéra Garnier : Folly in charge
*****
Comedy in the madhouse: A risky twist on Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
***11
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