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Xerxes is one of Handel’s latest and most frequently performed operas, famous for its marvelous opening aria ‘Ombra mai fu’. At the centre of the confusing tragicomedy, very loosely based upon the life of Xerxes I of Persia, is a powerful and lovesick royal eccentric, King Xerxes. Rising opera star Gaëlle Arquez in the title role of Xerxes ‘scintillates with her nimble, luminous mezzo-soprano’, singing ‘irresistibly beautiful, impassioned, furious – but never mean’ (Frankfurter Rundschau). Frankfurt’s excellent Opera and Museum Orchester contributes ‘all sorts of refinements’ to this ‘musical smash hit’ (Deutschlandfunk) and ‘In Frankfurt Tilman Köhler ensures a three-hour short abundant and furious banquett … a great evening of opera’ (Deutschlandfunk).
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2018-09-14
- video_camera_front Companies Unitel
- timer Runtime: 180 Mins
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Louise Alder
Atalanta

Gaëlle Arquez
Xerxes

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Amastre

Brandon Cedel
Ariodate

Thomas Faulkner
Elviro

Elizabeth Sutphen
Romilda

Lawrence Zazzo
Arsamene
groups Crew

Tiziano Mancini
Director

Constantinos Carydis
Conductor

Tilmann Köhler
Stage Director

Georg Friedrich Händel
Music

Nicolò Minato
Original Story

Francesco Cavalli
Original Concept
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