Handel: Theodora (Glyndebourne) – review
This recording is full of audience noise but as a memento of one of Glyndebourne's finest shows of recent times it's matchless, writes Andrew Clements
Riccardo Primo, re d’Inghilterra; The Spirit of Schubert – review
A Handel rarity proved a rollicking showcase for up-and-coming talent. And had enough Schubert now? asks Fiona Maddocks
Handel: Il Pastor Fido – review
Handel completists will rush to buy this CD, yet rather than being a living performance it is more a musical object, writes Andrew Clements
Giulio Cesare; Wye Valley chamber music festival; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Karabits – review
Sarah Tynan is an agile Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, writes Fiona Maddocks. And from Egypt to the Wye Valley…
Giulio Cesare – review
Sarah Tynan's Cleopatra delivers some of the finest, most tasteful baroque singing you will hear anywhere, writes Alfred Hickling
Scottish Ensemble/Alison Balsom – review
The main event of this concert was the Scottish premiere of James MacMillan's Seraph, which scooted along but showed too many nuts and bolts, writes Kate Molleson
Prom 55: Rinaldo – review
The semi-staging of the Handel opera, ported over from Glyndebourne, is tacky; thank heavens for the music, says Erica Jeal
Francesco Piemontesi: Recital – review
The young Swiss pianist plays Handel, Brahms, Bach and Liszt with compelling intimacy, writes Fiona Maddocks
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: A Tribute – review
The late, great mezzo's baroque repertoire is at times unbearably moving, writes Fiona Maddocks
Saul – review
Olivia Fuchs's political spin on Handel's oratorio glossed over its compassion and moral subtlety, writes Tim Ashley
Rinaldo – review
Robert Carsen's school-set adaptation of the Handel opera is entertaining, if glib, writes Tim Ashley
Vivaldi: La Stravaganza – review
Handel's publisher's version of Vivaldi's La Stravaganza? It's a tantalising prospect, writes Nicholas Kenyon
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg/ Don Giovanni; Ariodante – review
Revolution is in the air in David McVicar's post-Napoleonic updating of Wagner's Renaissance epic, writes Fiona Maddocks
Ariodante – review
What made this performance special was that the quality of the vocalism remained connected to the dramatic progress, says George Hall
Rodelinda; BCMG; the Sixteen; Die Fledermaus – review
A young cast excels in an outstanding low-budget production of Rodelinda, writes Fiona Maddocks