From the Alps to the Mediterranean, from the Baltic to the Lot: a visual journey through this week’s highlights, from Caldara to Telemann, from Cavalli to Bach. 
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Ifigenia in Aulide in Innsbruck (Austria)
The Innsbruck Early Music Festival opened its summer season of two Iphigenias with Caldara’s Ifigenia in Aulide at the Tiroler Landestheater. Directed and staged by Anna Fernández & Santi Arnal, with musical direction by Ottavio Dantone.
With Filippo Mineccia, Marie Lys, Carlo Vistoli, Martin Vanberg, Giacomo Nanni, Lawrence Kilsby and Ottavio Dantone.
A gathering of countertenors in Salzburg (Austria)
The Salzburg Festival 2025 placed the spotlight on countertenors. No fewer than six of them appeared in two opera productions: Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto and Three Sisters, after Chekhov, by Peter Eötvös.
A group portrait brought together Federico Florio, Yuriy Minenko, Dennis Orellana, Kagmin Justin Kim, Cameron Shahbazi and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen.
Stradella and Purcell at the Lerici Festival (Italy)
At the 9ᵗʰ edition of the Lerici Festival, the ensemble Mare Nostrum, directed by Andrea De Carlo, joined forces with the English Choir of the Vache Baroque Festival at the Church of San Francesco in Lerici for a dialogue between Stradella and Purcell. This concert formed part of the 2025 programme of the Stradella Y-Project, an initiative of Mare Nostrum in collaboration with leading Italian and international musical institutions, including the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CmbV).
With the English choir of the Vache Baroque Festival, the Mare Nostrum ensemble and Andrea De Carlo.
Telemann’s Orpheus in Drottningholm (Sweden)
The historic theatre of Drottningholm staged Telemann’s Orpheus as its 2025 opera production, directed by Elena Barbalich and conducted by Francesco Corti.
With Florie Valiquette, Yannick Debus, Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Hasnaa Bennani, Rodrigo Carreto, Josefine Mindus, Lisandro Abadie, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, the Orchestra and Choir of the Drottingholm Theatre and Francesco Corti.
Vox Luminis opens Rocamadour (France)
In the imposing setting of the Basilica of Saint-Sauveur, Lionel Meunier and his ensemble Vox Luminis opened the Rocamadour Festival 2025, under the theme “Path of Eternity”, with Bach’s Mass in B minor. An extraordinary work that Bach pieced together throughout his life, patiently assembling fragments of genius—yet one he never heard performed in its entirety. It was only in 1834, 84 years after his death, that the Mass in B minor was finally given complete.
With the Vox Luminis ensemble and Lionel Meunier.
A Marc Mauillon recital in Kretinga (Lithuania)
For Marc Mauillon, the Kretinga Festival in Lithuania provided the occasion for a very special recital: in the winter garden of the Kretinga Museum, surrounded by trees and greenery, the French baritone performed airs from the French court of the seventeenth century, accompanied by the young lutenist Gabriel Rignol.
With Marc Mauillon and Gabriel Rignol.
Patrizia Bovi and Micrologus in Spello (Italy)
Patrizia Bovi and the ensemble Micrologus closed the 16ᵗʰ edition of their international course week of medieval music in Spello (Italy) with a concert in the Church of San Andrea—a fascinating sound journey through medieval melodies and atmospheres.
With the Micrologus ensemble and Patrizia Bovi.
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