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New York Times – Review: Exploring Captivity in Handel’s ‘Alcina’ and Mozart’s ‘Entführung’ at Aix-en-Provence Festival

2015-07-14, New York Times, by James R. Oestreich

The incomparable countertenor Philippe Jaroussky was thrilling of voice, if a little wooden of gesture, as Ruggiero, the sorceress Alcina’s plaything-turned-antagonist. But it was the women who stood out here. The soprano Patricia Petibon was little short of sensational vocally as the antiheroine and excellent at eliciting sympathy through her acting.

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