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Gesualdo Passione with Les Arts Florissants: more devotion than passion

Gesualdo Passione at the Barbican
© Mark Allan
Gesuado Passione at the Barbican
© Mark Allan
Gesualdo Passione at the Barbican
© Mark Allan
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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 16 October 2025
Gesualdo, Tenebrae Responsoria
Xavier Lazarini, Lighting Designer
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor
Compagnie Amala Dianor
‘The Future Bursts in’ with Dance Umbrella
****1
Les Arts Florissants play an abbreviated Christmas Oratorio in Paris
****1
Pop goes Purcell: Les Arts Flo serve up an intoxicating cocktail
*****
Epiphany meditation from Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants
***11
Handel's pastoral sings, dances and laughs at the Barbican
****1
Les Arts Florissants dazzle in Handel’s Partenope in Lucerne
***11
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