But many other glories spill forth, including dreamy or chipper arias for virtually every principal singer and orchestral interludes of Handelian splendor. As conducted by Harry Davidson, the various ...

A triumverate of opera's best and brightest are ready to rule as HGO mounts the Olivier Award-winning English National Opera production, widely regarded as the work's definitive treatment. • Susan ...

Love, laughs, betrayal: The story of a powerful man who has everything but the woman he wants. Some things are timeless, no matter how they’re presented, and George Frideric Handel’s frothy dramedy ...

The Detroit Opera puts a contemporary spin on Handel’s classic 1738 opera “Xerxes.” The Detroit Opera has put a contemporary spin on Handel’s classic 1738 “Xerxes” masterpiece about love and the ...

Summer loving: Romilda (Tynan), Arsamenes (Watts) and Xerxes (Coote) enjoy an afternoon love triangle A colourful cast of principals burst into an orderly monochrome world in which white-faced ...

Music from another century, songs written in a foreign language and runtimes that can reach over three hours may make some operas seem unapproachable to people who are not used to the genre. But come ...