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Lully in Versailles and Paris, Handel in Saint-Omer and Prague

From Versailles to Prague, via Saint-Omer and St Gallen, Baroque music travels between royal splendour, inventive stagings and vocal virtuosity. Lully and Handel meet Purcell and Porpora, brought to life by today’s performers who continue to reshape a repertoire that remains vividly alive.

by Total Baroque 12 February 2026

La Voce Strumentale and Dmitry Sinkovsky

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La Voce Strumentale and Dmitry Sinkovsky

Alternately conductor, violinist and singer, Dmitry Sinkovsky explores a Baroque style full of contrasts and movement with his ensemble La Voce Strumentale. Between Bachian architecture and Italian virtuosity, this programme brings two major traditions of the 18th century into dialogue.

by Total Baroque 12 February 2026

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From 12 to 28 March, International Bach Festival Stuttgart

Under the motto ‘Because we love Bach!’, the 2nd International Bach Festival Stuttgart will focus in 2026 on Bach’s Latin masses, from the Kyrie-Gloria masses to his magnum opus, the Mass in B minor, complemented by compositions by Johann David Heinichen and Jan Dismas Zelenka for the Catholic court of the Saxon electors in Dresden. […]

by Total Baroque 5 February 2026

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Limoges, Berlin, Paris, Lyon, Versailles, Siena

From Limoges to Berlin, Versailles to Siena, Baroque music circulates and reinvents itself: family dialogues, virtuoso recitals, stage productions and tributes to the great masters of the 17th and 18th centuries bear witness to a renewed vitality, carried by exceptional performers and venues.

by Total Baroque 5 February 2026

Handel’s ‘Acis and Galatea’ by The King’s Consort

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Handel’s ‘Acis and Galatea’ by The King’s Consort

Part cantata, part opera and part oratorio, “Acis and Galatea” condenses Handel’s artistry into a tragic pastoral of intimate proportions. At the Midsummer Festival of Hardelot (France), The King’s Consort and Robert King bring this miniature drama back to life, performed by Sophie Junker and Joshua Ellicott.

by Total Baroque 5 February 2026

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A 2026 Grammy Award for Amanda Forsythe and BEMF

Soprano Amanda Forsythe and the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) have won the 2026 GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for ‘Ino”, by Telemann. It is performed by soprano Amanda Forsythe, under the musical direction of Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs and conductor Robert Mealy. A thrilling cantata by Telemann, the story of […]

by Total Baroque 5 February 2026

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Huelgas Ensemble & Paul Van Nevel

Paris 1200: the School of Notre-Dame

With “Paris 1200”, Paul Van Nevel and the Huelgas Ensemble explore the School of Notre Dame, revealing the richness and ingenuity of early medieval polyphony.

by Total Baroque 5 February 2026

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Malta, Dijon, Strasbourg, Vienna, Montreal

From Dijon to Malta, Vienna to Montreal, early music engages in dialogue with painting, braves the cold and revives forgotten operas. Monteverdi meets Yan Pei-Ming, Handel at Resonanzen, Abos in Valletta: an overview of a baroque scene in motion.

by Total Baroque 29 January 2026

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Handel’s “Alessandro” in Versailles

Love, power, jealousy and betrayal: with Alessandro, Handel paints a flamboyant portrait of a conqueror in search of glory and truth. Written for the greatest stars of its day, this virtuoso opera is reborn at the Opéra Royal de Versailles in a production as spectacular as it is refined.

by Total Baroque 29 January 2026

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W. F. Bach: “Six Sonatas for Two Flutes”

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Manuel Granatiero & Eleonora Bišćević

W. F. Bach: “Six Sonatas for Two Flutes”

Published in 2026, the Six Sonatas for Two Flutes reveal the unique style of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: bold composition based on constant dialogue between the voices, where virtuosity and expressiveness respond to each other with rare intensity.

by Total Baroque 29 January 2026

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Versailles, Colmar, Barcelona, Tours

From Versailles to Barcelona, via Colmar and Tours, early music continues to thrive in the present tense. Concerts, recitals, awards and new creations marked a week rich in baroque and medieval resonances. A visual tour of the living heritage of early music.

by Total Baroque 22 January 2026

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Lully’s Motets at Versailles

The Chœur de Chambre de Namur and the Millenium Orchestra, conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón, perform three Grands Motets by Jean-Baptiste Lully in the Royal Chapel of Versailles. An emblematic programme from the French sacred repertoire, brought to life by large forces in an acoustic ideally conceived for this music.

by Total Baroque 22 January 2026

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Articles by Total Baroque

Lully in Versailles and Paris, Handel in Saint-Omer and Prague

La Voce Strumentale and Dmitry Sinkovsky

From 12 to 28 March, International Bach Festival Stuttgart

Limoges, Berlin, Paris, Lyon, Versailles, Siena

Handel’s ‘Acis and Galatea’ by The King’s Consort

A 2026 Grammy Award for Amanda Forsythe and BEMF

Paris 1200: the School of Notre-Dame

Malta, Dijon, Strasbourg, Vienna, Montreal

Handel’s “Alessandro” in Versailles

W. F. Bach: “Six Sonatas for Two Flutes”

Versailles, Colmar, Barcelona, Tours

Lully’s Motets at Versailles