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Vivaldi & the Orphan Girls of Venice

The orphan girls of Venice were among the most celebrated performers of eighteenth-century Venice, and some of Vivaldi’s finest ambassadors. With Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain returns to this female source, casting the composer’s sacred works in a light that is at once faithful and unexpected.

by Total Baroque 7 May 2026

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“The Coronation of Poppea” with Yoncheva, Cenčić and Haïm

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“The Coronation of Poppea” with Yoncheva, Cenčić and Haïm

Sonya Yoncheva, Max Emanuel Cenčić and Emmanuelle Haïm come together in The Coronation of Poppea in Lille, France: a top-tier cast for one of Monteverdi’s most unsettling political dramas, where power and desire are inextricably entwined.

by Total Baroque 30 April 2026

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Vivaldi in the hands of Fabio Biondi

In Utrecht, Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante place Vivaldi in dialogue with Galuppi and Reutter in a programme that sheds light on the final decades of the Italian Baroque. Between theatre, the emergence of the symphony and violinistic virtuosity, this Vivaldi Day reveals a repertoire in transition.

by Total Baroque 23 April 2026

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“Lyrique tragédie” with Véronique Gens and Les Surprises

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“Lyrique tragédie” with Véronique Gens and Les Surprises

Driven and elemental, this performance brings together Véronique Gens and Les Surprises in a staged form conceived as a continuous flow, where arias and orchestral pieces unfold seamlessly, closely aligned with musical gesture and declamation.

by Total Baroque 16 April 2026

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Samuel Mariño and Filippo Mineccia: “Stabat Mater for Two Castrati” at Versailles

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Samuel Mariño and Filippo Mineccia: “Stabat Mater for Two Castrati” at Versailles

Recorded in the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles, the concert “Stabat Mater for Two Castrati” brings together Samuel Mariño and Filippo Mineccia in a sacred programme devoted to Pergolesi and Vivaldi, alongside the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal conducted from the organ by Marie Van Rhijn.

by Total Baroque 9 April 2026

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Václav Luks and Collegium 1704 celebrate Easter with Bach

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Václav Luks and Collegium 1704 celebrate Easter with Bach

The Czech conductor Václav Luks leads Bach’s Magnificat and Easter Oratorio at the helm of Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704, in a programme that combines festive brilliance with spiritual narrative.

by Total Baroque 2 April 2026

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Amanda Forsythe in the footsteps of “La Francesina”

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Amanda Forsythe in the footsteps of “La Francesina”

In the final years of his career, Handel wrote for a very particular voice: that of Élisabeth Duparc, known as “La Francesina”. American soprano Amanda Forsythe offers a glimpse of it today in a programme both virtuosic and delicate.

by Total Baroque 26 March 2026

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Philippe Jaroussky in the footsteps of Farinelli

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Philippe Jaroussky in the footsteps of Farinelli

Philippe Jaroussky reunites with Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra at the Opéra Royal of Versailles for a programme devoted to the Neapolitan composer Nicola Porpora, who shaped the voice of the most famous castrato of the eighteenth century, Farinelli.

by Total Baroque 19 March 2026

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“Rodelinda” with Jeanine De Bique and Jakub Józef Orliński

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“Rodelinda” with Jeanine De Bique and Jakub Józef Orliński

At the Opéra de Lille, Handel’s “Rodelinda” regains its full dramatic power in a production staged by Jean Bellorini and conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm at the head of Le Concert d’Astrée. An intense Baroque drama now available to watch in streaming.

by Total Baroque 12 March 2026

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“The City of Ladies” by Servir Antico

At the crossroads of documentary and concert, “The City of Ladies” brings medieval music, spoken word and historic sites into dialogue. Led by the ensemble Servir Antico, the film revisits the legacy of Christine de Pizan and her work “The Book of the City of Ladies” (1405).

by Total Baroque 5 March 2026

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Franco Fagioli in Bayreuth

Captured at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, this concert devoted to Leonardo Vinci brings together countertenor Franco Fagioli, the orchestra Armonia Atenea and conductor George Petrou for an evening celebrating the Neapolitan Baroque tradition.

by Total Baroque 26 February 2026

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Bruno de Sá, Dorothee Oberlinger and Ensemble 1700

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Bruno de Sá, Dorothee Oberlinger and Ensemble 1700

Scarlatti, Handel and Bononcini arias, virtuoso flute and a sovereign vocal line: Bruno de Sá, Dorothee Oberlinger and Ensemble 1700 celebrate an Italian Baroque in which everything proceeds from song, even the instruments conceived as voices.

by Total Baroque 19 February 2026

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