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Handel: Semele
George Petrou; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Natacha Le Guen de Kerneizon; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Frankfurt am MainZaideNew production

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Mozart: Zaide, K344 (K336b)
George Petrou; David Hermann; Oper Frankfurt; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin

Belshazzar © Jan Windszus

The Baroque confectionery of Herbert Fritsch's production of Handel's oratorio belies a serious core which is all too close to today's headlines.

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Handel’s Deidamia a triumph for Wexford Festival Opera

Rory Musgrave (Fenice) and ensemble © Pádraig Grant
A rare opportunity to see Handel’s final operatic work, Deidamia, conducted – and staged – by George Petrou at Wexford Festival Opera. 
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Handel’s Solomon at the Elbphilharmonie

Lena Sutor-Wernich © Alciro Theodoro Da Silva
In Hamburg, George Petrou’s Göttingen presentation of Solomon weaves regal authority and tender humanity into a vivid exploration of justice’s timeless complexity. 
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A triumph of time over disillusion at the Handel Festival, Göttingen

Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno © Theodoro Da Silva
Handel's 1707 allegorical Italian oratorio is brought to stunning life by a brilliant quartet of singers and the impeccable FestspielOrchester Göttigen under festival director George Petrou. 
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Aureliano in Palmira in Pesaro: where the barber was born

Sara Blanch (Zenobia), Raffaella Lupinacci (Arsace) © Rossini Opera Festival | Amati Bacciardi
The Rossini Opera Festival revives a 2014 production by Mario Martone with a young, vibrant cast.
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It's all Greek at Göttingen: George Petrou conducts Handel's Hercules

Andreas Wolf © Int Händel-Festspiele Göttingen | Alciro Theodoro da Silva
At the Göttingen Handel Festival, Handel's English oratorio features a choice array of soloists in a more than satisfactory outing under artistic director George Petrou. 
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