Veranstaltungskalender: Handel's Agrippina | Boch Center: Shubert Theater | Mi 16 Mär 2011 um 19:30

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Sandra Bowdler, 23rd February

From emperors and empresses to nymphs, gods and giants by way of faithful wives, sorceresses, knights, dastardly noblemen and dazzling coloratura arias, here's your guide to the master showman of Baroque opera.

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Agrippina at Boston Lyric Opera

Susan Blood, 16th March

By all rights, Agrippina should be a tragedy. It begins with news of Claudius' death and ends with a roll call of doom, with political intrigue, power struggles, infidelity and dysfunction filling in the blanks. The Roman Empire is rife with opera fodder, and operas are rife with tales of Greek gods and Roman heroes (and anti-heroes).

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