Bachtrack logo

An exciting oratorio: Belshazzar at Göttingen International Handel Festival

Juan Sancho (Belshazzar) and Jeanine De Bique (Nitocris)
© Dorothea Heise
Mary-Ellen Nesi (Cyrus)
© Dorothea Heise
Václav Luks conducts the Concerto Köln and NDR Vokalensemble
© Dorothea Heise
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
“Swiss bass Stephan MacLeod as Gobrias embodied Cyrus’s stalwart general with very powerful singing”
Reviewed at St Johannis Kirche, Göttingen on 14 May 2022
Handel, Belshazzar
Václav Luks, Conductor
Juan Sancho, Belshazzar
Jeanine De Bique, Nitocris
Mary-Ellen Nesi, Cyrus
Raffaele Pe, Daniel
Stephan MacLeod, Gobrias
NDR Vokalensemble
Concerto Köln
Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces
***11
Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille
*****
Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight
*****
Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically
****1
Hedging its bets: La finta giardiniera at the Royal College of Music
***11
Washington National Opera marches onward with a joyous Treemonisha
****1
More reviews...
Related articles
Loading image...
Aiming high: Hugh Cutting on Handel, good storytelling and countertenor appeal
Loading image...
A Baroque revolutionary: Václav Luks on Jan Dismas Zelenka
Loading image...
Singing on the strings: Élodie Brzustowski on Early music in France
Loading image...
The art of memory: classical music for mourning
Sandra Bowdler