| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 23-May-2013 Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) | Giulio Cesare in Pelly's museum: Lawrence Zazzo stars in Paris |
 Of the seventeen operas Handel wrote to star the Italian castrato Senesino, Giulio Cesare in Egitto is the most popular, and the one performed most often. It is a dramma per musica filled with ironic hints, and based on power and sex intrigues in ancient Rome. The 38-year-old Handel wrote it in England when his imported Italian-style operas started to fall out of favour.
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| 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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| 17-Apr-2013 Brooklyn Academy of Music: Howard Gilman Opera House | Les Arts Florissants bring a stunning David et Jonathas to BAM |
 New York is again lucky to host William Christie and Les Arts Florissants at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Their visits are always special, and it’s not just because the unique nature of their repertory – Baroque opera, usually French, which is neglected by most of New York’s major companies – nor the virtuosic ease with which they embody this otherwise-foreign idiom. Their productions have a passionate unity of purpose and a loving, handcrafted quality that somehow seems antithetical to many of our more slick and snarky local efforts.Read full review... | |
| 6-Jul-2012 Théâtre de l'Archevêché | Charpentier's David et Jonathas in Aix-en-Provence |
 One of the most sophisticated offerings in the 2012 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s David et Jonathas. In contrast with the composer’s better known Médée, David has received relatively little attention from modern revivalists despite its sumptuous score and scintillating story; the “love that dare not speak its name” between Old Testament figures David and Jonathas.
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