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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
Georg Friedrich Händel
Music
Constantinos Carydis
Conductor
Tiziano Mancini
Director
Tilmann Köhler
Stage Director
Francesco Cavalli
Original Concept
Nicolò Minato
Original Story
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