Christophe Rousset

Opera Album Review: An Award-Winning Recording of a Spontini Opera Championed by Maria Callas

January 11, 2024
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Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka, under conductor Christophe Rousset, shows why Berlioz and others loved “La Vestale”.

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Opera Album Review: Old Enough to Be New Again — A Staggeringly Beautiful Recording

July 4, 2023
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This recording of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Psyché provides non-stop pleasure and delights, thanks to the latest developments in early-music performance practice.

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Opera Album Review: Is Perfection Still Possible? Lully’s “Isis” under Christophe Rousset

August 1, 2020
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Is it any wonder? An opera that angered Louis XIV in 1677 brings enormous pleasure in 2020.

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Opera Review: Antonio Salieri’s “Tarare” — A Startling Opera of Social Commentary

December 5, 2019
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Tarare is simply one of the most important operas of the Classic era, precisely because it challenges so many aspects of Classic-era “normality.” You won’t believe your ears.

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