| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 14-May-2013 Salle Pleyel | René Jacobs and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin triumph with Agrippina in Paris |
Marco Borggreve.jpg) One thing is for sure: whether you like Baroque opera or not, you will never be bored by an opera conducted by René Jacobs. By shaking up convention with his subtle readings, sometimes even rewriting the composer’s score, the Belgian conductor is the one of those rare few who always find an elegant way to bring the repetitive mannerisms of the Baroque to life.
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| 27-Feb-2012 Theater an der Wien | Telemaco’s Desert Island Disc |
 With two happy endings, two recognition scenes, and a second act that seems more of a self-contained sequel than a conclusion to the first, Gluck’s Telemaco has come in for a musicological pasting over the years for its alleged weaknesses of dramatic content and construction. But the counter-appraisal has been just as forceful, with claims that a credible and beguiling whole can be made of its disjointed dramaturgy and stylistic diversity. After seeing this opera for the first time, I’m persuaded that the second view isn’t merely special pleading.Read full review... | |
