Baroque Opera (29)

Jordi Savall conducts Bach, Vivaldi, Lully, and Handel

With La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations

• The Palace of Versailles' Royal Chapel (Versailles, France)

"Le Grand Théâtre de l'Amour": Sabine Devieilhe sings Rameau

With Les Ambassadeurs and Alexis Kossenko

• Concertgebouw (Bruges, Belgium)

Rameau's Les Indes galantes

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (stage director, choreographer), Ivor Bolton (music direction) – Lisette Oropesa, Goran Juric...

• Prinzregententheater (Munich, Germany)

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Robert Wilson – Roberta Invernizzi (Euridice, La Musica, Eco), Georg Nigl (Orfeo), Sara Mingardo (Messaggera, La Speranza) – Teatro a...

• Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy)

Handel's Alcina

Adrian Noble, Marc Minkowski – Anja Harteros (Alcina), Veronica Cangemi (Morgana), Vesselina Kasarova (Ruggiero)... – Wiener Staatsoper

• Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria)

Handel's Tamerlano

Paul McCreesh, Graham Vick – Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Jennifer Holloway (Irene), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) – Teatro Real Madrid

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Handel's Serse

Christophe Rousset, Philip Behrens – Sandrine Piau (Atalanta), Marcello Lippi (Ariodate) – Semperoper Dresden

• Semperoper Dresden (Dresden, Germany)

Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

Paul Agnew (conductor and stage director) – Cyril Auvity (Orfeo), Hannah Morrison (Euridice/La Musica)...

• Théâtre de Caen (Caen, France)

Lully's Atys

Jean-Marie Villégier (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Bernard Richter (Atys), Emmanuelle de Negri (Sangaride), Paul Agnew (Dieu du Som...

• Opéra-comique (Paris, France)

Purcell's Dido and Æneas

Deborah Warner (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aeneas)...

• Opéra-comique (Paris, France)

Rossi's Orfeo

Raphaël Pichon, Jetske Mijnssen – Judith Van Wanroij (Orfeo), Francesca Aspromonte (Euridice)...

• Opéra national de Lorraine (Nancy, France)

Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea

Robert Carsen (stage director), Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) – With Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Alice Coote (Nerone), Iestyn Davies (Ottone)...

Rameau's Dardanus

Raphaël Pichon, Michel Fau – Opéra National de Bordeaux

• Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France)

Cavalli's La Didone

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor), Clément Hervieu-Léger (staging)

• Théâtre de Caen (Caen, France)

Handel's Hercules

William Christie, Luc Bondy – With William Shimell (Hercules) and Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira)

Lully's Persée (II/II)

Hervé Niquet, Marshall Pynkoski – Cyril Auvity (Perseus), Marie Lenormand (Andromède) – Opera Atelier

• Opera Atelier (Toronto, Canada)

Lully's Persée (I/II)

Hervé Niquet, Marshall Pynkoski – Cyril Auvity (Perseus), Marie Lenormand (Andromède) – Opera Atelier

Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona

Sigiswald Kuijken, Ferruccio Soleri – La Monnaie

• Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels, Belgium)

Handel's Giulio Cesare

David McVicar (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra)...

Cavalli's Elena

Leonardo García Alarcón, Jean-Yves Ruf – Emöke Barath (Elena, Venere), Valer Barna-Sabadus (Menelao), Fernando Guimaraes (Teseo)

Purcell's The Fairy Queen

Jonathan Kent (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Lucy Crowe, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward...

Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Krzysztof Warlikowski, Emmanuelle Haïm – With Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza), Franco Fagioli (Piacere), Sara Mingardo (Disinganno)...

Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro

Michael Grandage (stage director), Robin Ticciati (conductor) – With Vito Priante (Figaro), Lydia Teuscher (Suzanne)...

Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia

Annabel Arden (stage director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor) – With Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Alessandro Corbelli (Dr Bartolo), Taylor Stayton (Count Alma...

Mozart's The Magic Flute

Riccardo Muti, Pierre Audi – With Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night) and René Pape (Sarastro)...

Handel's Rinaldo

Robert Carsen (stage director), Ottavio Dantone (conductor) – With Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Anett Fritsch (Almirena), Brenda Rae (Armida)...

Handel's Admeto

Howard Arman, Axel Köhler – Gerd Vogel (Meraspe), Melanie Hirsch (Orindo) – Opernhaus Halle

• Opernhaus Halle (Halle, Germany)

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Paolo Arrivabeni, Jean-Louis Grinda – With Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Patrizia Ciofi (Donna Anna), Sonya Yoncheva (Donna Elvira)...