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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Fundación Juan March, Madrid 2025 Review: Countertenor Xavier Sabata & Harpsichordist Dani Espasa Recital

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Performing Baroque vocal music with only harpsichord accompaniment is an artistic act of the purest and most challenging kind. Stripped of the varied timbres and dynamics of an orchestra, both the singer and harpsichordist are placed under an intense spotlight. The harpsichordist must rely on their basso continuo skills and creativity to construct a dynamic foundation, while the singer, deprived {…}

News, Season Announcement

Vox Luminis, Barcelona Bruckner Choir, O Vos Omnes Perform in Easter Edition of Festival Perelada 2026

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The Festival Perelada is set to present its 4th Easter Edition. The Festival opens with the revival of “Cristo condannato” by Antonio Caldara and Pietro Pariati. The cast includes Ana Quintans, Maite Beaumont, Nicolas Brooymans, Montserrat Seró, and Josep Ramon Olivé, accompanied by the Francesc Valls Choir, under the direction of Pere Lluís Biosca, who debuts at the festival as {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Sligo Baroque Festival 2025 Review: Viva Vivaldi!

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(Photo: Donal Hackett) Following a busy weekend of events that included recitals, concerts, a workshop and an opera, the Sligo Baroque Festival concluded with a concert dedicated to the music of Vivaldi at the city’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in front of a packed audience. Entitled “Viva Vivaldi!,” the program included a number of orchestral and vocal works by the composer that culminated with a performance of his Gloria RV589. Dani {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Nicola Cleary on the Sligo Baroque Music Festival

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(Photo: Ferdia Durkin) On the evening of Friday, September 26th, the Sligo Baroque Music Festival kicks off this year’s festival with a concert entitled “Corelliana” by the Vespres d’Amadi Baroque Orchestra, directed by Dani Espasa, at the city’s St. John’s Cathedral. As its name suggests, it is a festival dedicated to baroque music in all its forms, including opera. Although {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Händel Festspiele Halle 2025 Review: Amadigi di Gaula

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(Photo: Anna Kolata) “Amadigi di Gaula” was from Händel’s early London period. Like the much more famous earlier “Rinaldo,” “Amadigi” is steeped in magic, passion, and deception—its narrative shaped by baroque fantasy and underpinned by musical material recycled from Händel’s years on the continent. It is therefore fitting that this 2024 production was revived for this year’s Händel Festival in {…}

News, Season Announcement

Joyce El-Khoury, Davone Tines, Matthias Winckhler, & Núria Rial Star in L’Auditori’s 2025-26 Season

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(Photo credit: Gisela Schenker) L’Auditori presents its 2025-26 season, “Renaixements.” For the purpose of this article only vocal works are included. Beethoven’s “Symphony” No. 9 stars Joyce El-Khoury, Silvia Tro Santafé, Elgan Llyr Thomas, and Davone Tines. They are joined by the Orfeó Català and the Barcelona and National Symphony Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC) under the direction of Ludovic Morlot. {…}

News, Season Announcement

Corinne Winter, Federica Lombardi, Alex Esposito, Freddie De Tommaso, Gregory Kunde, Angel Blue & Serena Sáenz Lead Palau de Les Arts’ 2025-26 Season

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The Palau de les Arts has announced its 2025-26 season. Lorenzo Viotti conducts Gounod’s “Faust” in a production by Johannes Erath. Iván Ayón-Rivas, Alex Esposito, Ruth Iniesta, Florian Sempey, and Ekaterine Buachidze. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-15, 2025 Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “La descente d’Orphée aux enfers” will star Josipa Bilić, Camille Chopin, Sarah Fleiss, Tanaquil Ollivier, Sydney Frodsham, Richard Pittsinger, Bastien Rimondi, Attila {…}

News, Season Announcement

Serena Sáenz, Anna Bonitatibus & Emoke Baráth Lead Festival de Torroella’s 2025 Season

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The Festival de Torroella de Montgrí has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Anne-Kathryn Olsen, Marino Fribourg, and Víctor Sordo will perform music by Jaquemin de Senleches, Jean Robert Trebor, Jean Robert Trebor, Philippe de Vitry, François Andrieu, and Bernard de Cluny. Pau Marcos, Natalie Carducc, and Guillermo Pérez also feature in the program. {…}

News, Season Announcement

Sondra Radvanovsky, Cecilia Bartoli, Piotr Beczała, Elina Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim & Sabine Devieilhe Headline Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2025-26 Season

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The Palau de la Música Catalana has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Adolf Gassol conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Performance Dates: Sept. 6 & Dec. 6, 2025 Puccini’s “Tosca” will be performed. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2025 Julia Kleiter joins the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and Andrés Salado for G. Ortiz and Tchaikovsky. Performance {…}