Alcina is a sorceress seeking love, when Ruggiero arrives on her magic island she charms him into adoring her without measure In the Israeli Opera rehearsal room, soprano Yael Levita (Alcina) and ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Even if they have never heard of George Frideric Handel, most people are aware of the composer’s great Christmas and Easter oratorio, “Messiah,” or, at the ...
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English Touring Opera will return to stages across the UK this autumn with 'Handelfest', showcasing three of Handel's finest operas - Ottone, Agrippina and Tamerlano - giving audiences up and down the ...
In the first act of Semele, George Frideric Handel’s 1743 opera in English, Semele leaves her betrothed at the altar for Juno’s husband, Jupiter, and Semele’s sister hooks up with the abandoned fiancé ...
Garsington Opera’s new production of Handel’s Rodelinda has it all – it’s a feast of glorious singing, brilliant production and the most accomplished orchestral performance you could ever hope to hear ...
In 1731 Handel wrote part of Act I for an opera entitled Titus L’Empereur. For reasons that are still unknown, he then abandoned it, although he reworked its Overture and two arias for his next opera ...
Cambridge Handel Opera Company capture the self-referential charm of this mid-career novelty operetta Any opera with two pairs of young lovers inevitably gets compared to Così fan tutte. But in the ...