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Work: Serse (Xerxes)

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ComposerHandel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
PeriodBaroque
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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LondonHandel's SerseConcert performance

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Handel: Serse (Xerxes)
Laurence Cummings; Academy of Ancient Music; Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music; Rachel Redmond; Louise Alder
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Handel’s Serse as a quirky modern tale in Zurich

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Christophe Dumaux shines as Arsamene in Nina Russi’s enjoyable production of Handel’s masterpiece revived at the Opernhaus Zürich under the baton of Enrico Onofri. 

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The English Concert charms with exquisite performance of Serse

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The five female voices in the opera's main roles complement each other wonderfully in this more-than-concert performance in New York. 
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Handel's Serse – the Vegas version – in Karlsruhe

The problem with on-stage vulgarity is that, while it might be sophisticated and knowing satire, it ends by being what it is parodying.
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