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Stylishly sung San Francisco revival of Handel's "Xerxes" is not to be missed

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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 11 November 2011
Handel, Serse (Xerxes)
San Francisco Opera
Patrick Summers, Conductor
Nicholas Hytner, Director
Michael Walling, Director
Susan Graham, Serse
Lisette Oropesa, Romilda
David Daniels, Arsamene
Heidi Stober, Atalanta
Sonia Prina, Amastre
Wayne Tigges, Ariodate
Michael Sumuel, Elviro
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