Articles by Jean-Jacques Schaettel

Jean Jacques Schaettel is a journalist and the editor of the digital media Total Baroque Magazine. After working in the regional daily press and setting up regional television in Alsace, he ran for fifteen years the Ozango production company, specialising in live performances, particularly baroque music and operas in Europe. He launched Total Baroque Magazine in 2025.

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Bayreuth Baroque 2025
Max Emanuel Cenčić: Pompeo Magno, pure Venetian musical theatre

After focusing on Neapolitan opera, the Bayreuth Baroque Festival is staging Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno (1666). “I want to showcase the full richness of Venetian musical theatre,” says its artistic director, Max Emanuel Cenčić.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 21 August 2025
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Kretinga Festival
Lithuania’s Baroque voice

Since 2017, the Kretinga Festival has become a summer highlight in Lithuania. The 2025 edition celebrates the 500th anniversary of Palestrina, three of whose students held prominent positions at the Vasa court in Vilnius.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 5 August 2025
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The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music
Eva-Maria Sens: connecting Italy’s musical heritage to the Austrian Court

Two operas centered on the same character, Iphigenia, in Innsbruck—one staged by Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina, the other by Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 23 July 2025
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- Interview
Musical Europe of the Renaissance
Jérôme Lejeune: “There is a clear tipping point around the year 1500”

A conversation with the belgian musicologist, who invites us to rediscover the musical ferment of Renaissance Europe, at the crossroads of circulating ideas, aesthetic upheavals, and great personalities.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 16 July 2025
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- Report
A Soprano in Venice
Venice Music Project’s great discoveries

Liesl Odenweller is an American singer. She runs the “Venice Music Project” association to revive a forgotten part of Venice’s musical heritage.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 3 July 2025
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Ambronay 2025
Isabelle Battioni: “A more compact edition, but the same artistic standards”

The Ambronay Festival (France) shortens its duration from four to three weeks but chooses to maintain its “high-end” programming.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 19 June 2025
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Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci
Dorothee Oberlinger: “Cultural exchange is vital!”

Lesser-known opera and a journey across Europe: discover the themes of the upcoming edition of the Potsdam Festival.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 5 June 2025
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Basel: A New Festival Devoted to the Voice

Orpheus — that’s the name of this new festival taking place for the first time this June in Basel (Switzerland).

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 29 May 2025
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- Anniversary
25 Years of La Cetra Basel
Andrea Marcon: Dreaming of a Bach Cycle

A passionate conductor, Andrea Marcon looks back on the rise of La Cetra and envisions the future of an autonomous ensemble — with a Bach cycle for Easter on the horizon!

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 22 May 2025
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- Portrait
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Mathilde Etienne
A (not so) small baroque enterprise

Four hands, two voices, one communal drive: Mathilde Étienne and Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, founders of Gemelli Factory, reinvent their craft as both artists and artisans.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 15 May 2025
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Sablé (France): 2025, Bach and the Spirit of Resilience

“Let my joy remain”: in Sablé, Bach becomes an act of resistance. For its 47th edition, the Early Music Festival opens under the sign of light, combining artistic excellence and determination in the face of adversity.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 8 May 2025
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- Interview
Leonardo García-Alarcón: “Dance renews the Baroque discourse”

What if dance allowed us to hear Baroque music differently? That’s the artistic wager proposed by Leonardo García-Alarcón, who, in this interview, revisits the dialogue between music, the body, and the performing arts. 

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 24 April 2025
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