Alexandra Coghlan

Astonishing, relentlessly pleasurable rediscovery – tantric opera: Luigi Rossi’s Il Palazzo incantato reviewed

Plus: if it’s Lenten penance rather than pleasure you’re after, then I can recommend Oxford Lieder’s song weekend Winter Into Spring

Once thought lost, Luigi Rossi's astonishing Il Palazzo incantato has been given its first staging since 1642. Image: Gilles Abegg – Opéra De Dijon
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  • Il Palazzo incantato

    Dijon Opera, via operavision.eu, until 29 March

  • Winter into Spring – The Changing Seasons

    Holywell Music Room, Oxford, via oxfordlieder.co.uk

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