Baroque cantatas that set the Roman story are gloriously sung on the latest release from French early-music ensemble Les Paladins.
It’s not easy to parse the composer’s ironic, often anguished music, even 50 years after his death.
Is the orchestra’s former associate conductor, who now has a flourishing international career, a contender to succeed Esa-Pekka Salonen?
The 46-year-old, who recently portrayed Escamillo in SF Opera’s Carmen, says he’s just entering the prime years of his career.
