Joyce El-Khoury, Julien Behr, Ellen Giacone, Carlo Vistoli, Johanni van Oostrum Headline Insula Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

Insula Orchestra has announced its 10th anniversary season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Countertenor Carlo Vistoli will be amongst the soloists in “Cinema Music – Baroue O.S.T.” featuring works by Vivaldi, Purcell, Bach, Händel, and Mozart. Performance Dates: Dec. 13 & 14, 2024 (La Seine Musicale) and Dec. 17 (Grand Théâtre de Provence) Joyce El-Khoury, Julien {…}

Apr 3, 2024

Insula Orchestra to Present ‘Beethoven Wars’

Insula Orchestra is set to present “Beethoven Wars” this May. The performance is described as a “motion manga space opera projected on a 200 degree wrap-around screen” and features the famed composer’s “King Stephen” and “The Ruins of Athens.” Soprano Ellen Giacone and bass Matthieu Heim are the soloists. Laurence Equilbey conducts and Antonin Baudry directs alongside Sandrine Lanno. “We {…}

Sep 9, 2023

Insula Orchestra Announces 2023-24 Season

Insula Orchestra has revealed its 2023-24 Season. For this article, only vocal performances are included. The orchestra and choir, Le Spirituel, under the baton of Hervé Niquet, will present Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Gloria per l’ospedale. Performance Date: Oct. 10, 2023 In November, songs inspired by arias from Verdi, Gounod, Mozart, Offenbach, Rossini, Bizet, and Wagner’s operas will be performed for {…}

Sep 22, 2022

Insula Orchestra Unveils 2022-23 Season

Insula Orchestra has unveiled its 2022-23 season. Only programs featuring vocal music will be included in this article. The season kicks off with “The splendors of Roman polyphony,” which features music by Scarlatti, Allegri, Rossi, and Giorgi. Soloists include Julie Roset, Paulin Bündgen, Valerio Contaldo, and Matteo Bellotto. Leonard García Alarcón conducts. Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2022 There will be {…}

Dec 4, 2021

Insula Orchestra To Stage ‘Fidelio’ in Paris, Brussels & London

(Credit: © Julien Benhamou) The Insula Orchestra has announced its upcoming tour of Beethoven’s only opera “Fidelio.” The opera will star Sinéad Campbell-Wallace as Leonore, Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Don Florestan, Christian Immler in the role of Rocco, Sebastian Holecek as Don Pizzaro, Hélène Carpentier in the role of Marzelline, and Patrick Grahl as Jacquino. Laurence Equilbey conducts a production {…}

Sep 22, 2021

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Julian Prégardien, Francesca Aspromonte Headline Insula Orchestra’s 2021-22 Season

Insula Orchestra has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances. First up will be a performance of Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” with Julian Prégardien, Núria Rial, Samuel Hasselhorn, and Kristina Hammarström. Performances are set to take place in Paris, Budapest, and Aix-en-Provence. Performance Dates: Dec. 9-14, 2021 The company {…}

May 11, 2019

Theater an der Wien 2018-19 Season Review: Der Freischütz

In non-German speaking countries, Carl Maria von Weber’s 1821 opera “Der Freischütz” is a bit of a seltener Vogel. In the past five years, apart from Matthias Hartmann’s memorable production at La Scala in 2017 and Mark Elder’s concert version at the Royal Festival Hall the year before, Anglophone audiences remain largely unexposed to this groundbreaking romantic German opera. The {…}