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Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2026 Review: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

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(Photo: Johannes Ritter) Although the Erlöserkirche had initiated necessary building cooling measures the night before, the venue was undeniably still a sauna edition of a Händel experience. However, Ensemble 1700 and a robust lineup of soloists, paired with Nils Niemann’s concise and highly efficient stage and prop design, forged this thunderstorm-ridden night’s “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” into {…}

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Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2026 Review: Cefalo e Procride

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(Photo: Stefan Gloede) Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci has continued staging its flagship new opera production within the unique, historic Orangerieschloss. For seasoned festival-goers, the announcement of Giovanni Battista Bononcini’s “Cefalo e Procride” might initially have left a slight sense of lingering hunger. The scale of this single-act work aligns more closely with a compact serenata than a grand opera seria. Consequently, {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci’s ‘Adriano in Siria’

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Carl Heinrich Graun’s “Adriano in Siria”—set to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio—is a compelling example of mid-18th-century opera seria, a genre that once dominated the European stage. First performed in Berlin in 1746, Graun’s setting was one of more than seventy opera settings of Metastasio’s libretto between 1732 and 1828, attesting to its immense popularity. This new live recording from {…}

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Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2025 Review: Orlando generoso

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(Photo: Stefan Gloede) The three-act opera “Orlando generoso” by Agostino Steffani, conducted by Dorothee Oberlinger and performed by Ensemble 1700 with an outstanding cast, shone as one of the highlights of the 2025 Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci. Premiered in 1691 in Hanover, the opera adapts a segment of Ludovico Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso.” It is set in a fantasy version of China, {…}

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Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2025 Review: Didone abbandonata

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(Photo: Noah Shaye) On June 28, 2025, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci presented a rare revival of Baldassare Galuppi’s opera “Didone abbandonata” — the 1752 Madrid version. Commissioned by the legendary castrato Farinelli to honor King Ferdinand VI of Spain, this adaptation brought together three giants of the 18th century opera: Farinelli himself, librettist Pietro Metastasio, and composer Galuppi. More concise and {…}

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Ann Hallenberg, Christophe Dumaux, Deborah Cachet, Marie-Claude Chappius, Lucía Caihuela Headline Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci’s 2022 Season

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The Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci has unveiled its 2022 season, which is set to run between June 10-26, 2022. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic works. Soprano Deborah Cachet will headline “Departing for Kythera” with Les Arts Florissants under Paul Agnew. The program will feature music by Blow, Locke, Lully, Händel, Rameau, {…}

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Catalina Bertucci, Emanuela Galli, Andreas Scholl Star in Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival 2026

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The lineup for the 2026 Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival is announced. This article only features vocal concerts.  Ensemble Correspondances presents “Apollo, God of Light” with direction from Sébastien Daucé. The concert features opera scenes from Cavallis’ “Ercole amante,” Campras’ “L’Europe galante,” and Rameaus’ “Anacréon” Performance Date: June 6, 2026 The documentary on the Baroque opera production “Pastorelle en musique” from {…}

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World Premiere Recording of Carl Heinrich Graun’s Opera ‘Adriano in Siria’ to be Released

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(Photo credit: Stefan Gloede) The world premiere recording of Carl Heinrich Graun’s opera, “Adriano in Siria” is set to be released on June 13. “Adriano in Siria” was presented in a production by the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and recorded in June 2024. The cast features the countertenor trio of Valer Sabadus, Bruno de Sá, and Federico Fiorio, alongside sopranos Roberta Mameli {…}

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Ruby Hughes Headlines World Premiere of Edmund Finnis’ ‘Out of the Dawn’s Mind’

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(Credit: Phil Sharp) Soprano Ruby Hughes and the Manchester Collective are set to world premiere Edmund Finnis’ “Out of the Dawn’s Mind.” The work, which will be premiered on tour in Nottingham, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and Bristol between June 16-24, is based on five poems by British poet Alice Oswald. The work’s movements include “A Rushed Account of the Dew,” {…}