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Philippe Jaroussky celebrates 25 years in the profession
31st Dec 2025
The French countertenor reflects on the changes he's seen during his first quarter-century in the business, his recent album of Italian secular cantatas, his blossoming parallel career as a conductor, and why he's a firm believer that 'the grass is not always greener in another field'.
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Gelosia!
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor/director), Artaserse
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Gelosia from Philippe Jaroussky and Artaserse
24th Oct 2025
The French countertenor does battle with the green-eyed monster in a programme of secular Italian cantatas, featuring two popular examples by Handel and Vivaldi, one relative rarity by Alessandro Scarlatti, and world premiere recordings of works by Porpora and Galuppi.
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Hasse's Serpentes Ignei in Deserto from Thibault Noally and Les Accents
22nd Nov 2024
Philippe Jaroussky (as Moses) leads a cast which includes Julia Lezhneva, Jakub Józef Orliński and Bruno de Sá in Hasse's Old Testament oratorio, written for the girls of the Ospedale degli Incurabili in Venice when he was enjoying his first flush of fame as an opera-composer.
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Philippe Jaroussky & Thibaut Garcia: À sa guitare
22nd Oct 2021
The French countertenor and guitarist join forces for an eclectic, beguiling programme ranging from Dowland to Barbara, whilst Jaroussky's younger label-mate Jakub Józef Orliński dazzles in sacred baroque works with Il Pomo d'Oro.
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Cavalli
8th Mar 2019
The French countertenor leads Artaserse in a kaleidoscopic survey of the many and varied operas by the seventeenth-century Italian composer, shot through with the spirit of Venetian carnival.
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Gluck's Orfeo
25th May 2018
The French countertenor placates the Furies with singing of celestial purity on this world premiere recording of the 1774 Neapolitan version of Gluck's most popular opera.
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Bach and Telemann cantatas from Philippe Jaroussky
14th Oct 2016
Katherine listens to the star countertenor's bewitching performances of solo cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
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Philippe Jaroussky on Verlaine
1st May 2015
Katherine talks to the countertenor about his latest disc exploring settings of the great French symbolist poet.
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Rare baroque vocal delights
12th Nov 2012
Philippe Jaroussky and Max Cencic lead an all-male cast (featuring no fewer than five countertenors!) in the world premiere recording of Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse, and Christophe Rousset & Company make a splendid case for Antoine Dauvergen’s Hercule mourant.
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Duetti da Camera: Philippe Jaroussky & Max Emanuel Cencic
21st Nov 2011
Two of today’s leading countertenors join forces with veteran baroque specialist William Christie for a programme of non-operatic secular duets by composers including Porpora, Mancini, Bononcini, Marcello, Conti, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
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Monteverdi as you've never heard it before!
26th Jan 2009
Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata make their debut on Virgin Classics with a fascinating exploration of Monteverdi’s ‘Theatre of Love’, aided by superb contributions from Philippe Jaroussky and Nuria Rial.
