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Q & A: Christophe Rousset on Porpora’s ‘Ifigenia in Aulide’ & Les Talens Lyriques Orchestra at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024    

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(Photo credit: Ignacio Barrios) Bayreuth Baroque Festival has been awarded “The Best Festival of 2024” by Germany’s Oper! Awards. The first season began in 2020 with a staged production of Nicola Antonio Porpora’s “Carlo il Calvo”, and an opera in concert version of “Gismondo, Re di Polonia” by Leonardo Vinci and libretto by Francesco Briani’s Il Vincitor Generoso. The orchestras {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques Unveils 2024-25 Season

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Les Talens Lyriques, led by Christophe Rousset, has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the season. The ensemble heads to the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival to present “Ifigenia in Aulide” with Jasmin Delfs, Max Emanuel Cencic, Dennis Orellana, Olena Leser, Nicolò Balducci, and Daniel Giulianini. Giorgina Germanou directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 5-15, 2024 Then comes “Aroma di Roma,” {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques’ 2023-24 Season to Feature the World Premiere of Salieri’s Opera ‘Kubla Khan’ (‘Cublai, Gran Kan De Tartari’)

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©Sandrine Expilly The world premiere of Antonio Salieri’s opera “Kubla Khan” (“Cublai, Gran Kan De Tartari”)  is among the many highlights of Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques’ 2023-24 season. Here is the full rundown of what audiences can expect this year. Starting off, sopranos Marie Lys and Judith van Wanroij perform “Ave Maris Stella” with Christophe Rousset at the {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques Announces 2022-23 Season

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Les Talens Lyriques announced its 2022-23 season which begins this August. This season marks the company’s 30th anniversary. Listed below are the vocal and operatic parts of the season, which is led by Christophe Rousset. Soprano Sandrine Piau and Les Talens Lyriques ensemble will open the season with “Cantates arcadiennes de Rome à Paris” at the Festival de Musique de Menton. {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques to Present ‘La Vestale’ at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

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Gaspare Spontini’s “La Vestale” will be performed as part of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 30th anniversary series. The Roman tale of religious zeal and forbidden love features Les Talens Lyriques and Chœur de la Radio Flamande as well as Marina Rebeka as Julia, Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Licinius, Tassis Christoyannis sings Cinna, Aude Extrémo as The Great Vestal, and Nicolas {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Chenn Reiss, Christophe Dumeaux, Veronique Gens Headline Les Talens Lyriques 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: © Ceric Larrayadieu) Christophe Rousset is set to lead Les Talens Lyriques in a unique 30th anniversary season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on opera or vocal performances. Mezzo-soprano Grace Durham will headline a program of music by Couperin, Lambert, Purcell, Leclair, and Stuck at the Festival Antiqua Bozano and in Berlin. Performance Dates: {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques to Revive Salieri’s ‘Armida,’ Release World Premiere Recording

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Salieri’s “Armida,” which had its world premiere in Vienna back in 1771, has never been fully recorded. That will all change later this year when Les Talens Lyriques releases the first full recording of the work on Jan. 22, 2021 and delivers its first modern performances in early 2021. The opera, which features a libretto by Marco Coltellini, will be {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques to Present ‘Live on Arte’ Concert

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On November 8, 2020, Les Talens Lyriques is set to perform a selection of arias from Handel Italian operas, held at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Led by director Christophe Rousset, the ensemble will be joined by soprano Sandrine Piau and mezzo Eve-Maud Hubeaux. Both artists have performed extensively with the organization over the years. The program will draw from Handel’s {…}

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Amanda Forsythe, Lenneke Ruiten, Calixto Bieito Headline Les Talens Lyriques’ 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Ceric Larrayadieu) Les Talens Lyriques has announced its 2020-21 season, which will include performances across Europe in London, Vienna, Paris, Würzburg, Dortmund, Heidelberg, Linz, Innsbruck, Ferrara, Bologna, Genoa, Bilbao, Brussels, Liège, Caen, Rouen, and Qatar. For the intents of this article, we will focus on opera and vocal performances. The season kicks off performances of Purcell’s “Orpheus Britannicus,” Suite {…}