Bembo eruption
Supported by an ingenious production and strong performances, Antonia Bembo’s Ercole Amante makes a successful Paris Opera debut.
André Campra
6 pieces since 2014.
6
pieces
13
years
Seria processing
You probably won’t leave Idomeneo ready to burst out in song, but what the opera lacks in melodic immediacy it makes up for in sheer virtuosity.
Frick show
French early music group Ensemble Correspondances offered two of the year’s very best concerts.
Master peace
With Liber scriptus came the biggest discovery for me, the vocal talent of Elena Stikhina.
Venice to society
I was, to my astonishment, quite bored.
Myth opportunity
America hasn’t exactly been vigorous about commemorating the 250th anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau.