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HANDEL Rodelinda (Bicket)

Triumphantly premiered at the King’s Theatre on February 13, 1725, Rodelinda was the third of the trio of masterpieces, after...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2021

HANDEL Ariodante (Capuano)

The basic premise of this production is completely bonkers. The first warning comes during the Overture: as the cast freezes,...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2021

GOUNOD Faust (Ettinger)

Premiered as long ago as 2004 (although telecast, then pirated, quite early in its life), this production was one of...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2021

ARNE Artaxerxes (Page)

A lot has changed in the decade since this Artaxerxes was originally released. Ian Page’s Classical Opera Company has become...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2021

Kate Lindsey: Tiranno

Last year Kate Lindsey, Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo brought together Handel, Haydn and Alessandro Scarlatti in a fascinating exploration of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2021

Freddie De Tommaso: Passione

When I first heard Freddie De Tommaso – as Cassio in Otello at Covent Garden – I noted how he...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2021

Isolation Songbook

Some of us baked, others did DIY, and most of us managed our daily walks. Mezzo Helen Charlston and baritone...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2021

Hollandse Fragmenten: Early Dutch Polyphony

Twelve years ago the group Capilla Flamenca, under the late and much-lamented Dirk Snellings, produced a marvellous CD of music...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 07/2021

James Geer: Dreams Melting

Most names here will be familiar to those who know mid-20th-century music in the UK but not necessarily as art-song...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2021

And the Sun Darkened: Music for Passiontide

It’s an evocative title, and the music to go with this Passiontide programme by New York Polyphony is just as...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2021

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