| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 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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| 16-Jul-2011 Royal Albert Hall | Antonio Pappano and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia bring William Tell to the Proms |
On Saturday night, Antonio Pappano and his Roman orchestra and chorus, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, brought us the first opera of the 2011 Proms- Gioachino Rossini's William Tell. More commonly performed as Guglielmo Tell with an Italian libretto, Pappano and Santa Cecilia first began concert performances of this rarely heard original French version in 2010, and have since made a live recording of it for EMI which has received both critical and popular acclaim.Read full review... | |