A dusty curio: Handel's Berenice, regina d'Egitto

Von Charlotte Valori, 18 März 2016

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“Fabio’s best aria, “Vedi l’ape,” literally buzzes with bees in the strings”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: St George's, Hanover Square, London, am 17 März 2016

Händel, Berenice, regina d'Egitto

Anat Edri, Alessandro

Charlotte Beament, Berenice

Emma Stannard, Selene

Christopher Turner, Fabio

Timothy Dickinson, Aristobolo

Timothy Morgan, Arsace

Michał Czerniawski, Demetrio

David Bates, Direktor

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Rodolfo Richter, Violine

Schluss mit dolce vita, zurück zur Verantwortung: Alcina in Hannover

Christoph Wurzel, 29th September

Augen zu in totaler Verliebtheit oder sich der Realität stellen? Dem Schwanken und Wanken der Liebe geht Lydia Steier in ihrer nachdenklichen Inszenierung von Händels Alcina in Hannover nach.

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Myth meets Shoreditch: a rewarding Handel double bill

Dominic Lowe, 29th March

Part of this year's London Handel Festival, Apollo e Dafne and The Choice of Hercules are transported to the stage in a captivating production that blends music and dance.

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L’incoronazione di Poppea vividly brought to life at the Grange

David Truslove, 7th June

Terrific music making with a light directorial touch brings mixed results to Monteverdi's 1643 masterpiece.

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Handelian labours: Kosky directs Hercules at Komische Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 3rd March

Handel's seldom-performed Hercules becomes the latest oratorio to undergo the Kosky treatment at Komische Oper.

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Everything leads back to square one in new Orfeo ed Euridice

Zenaida des Aubris, 23rd January

A coherent, modern version of the Orpheus myth from the Italian director at the Komische Oper Berlin.

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Rinaldo revived: Glyndebourne tours its school-based Handel opera

Mark Valencia, 26th October

Blazers and breastplates! This Rinaldo is already eight years old! It’s played at the BBC Proms while almost 40 performances have graced Glyndebourne’s festival and tour up to now, so it must be doing something right.

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.