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Opera Theatre Company: Alcina (Handel)
Alcina meets Ruggiero - painting by Niccolò dell'Abbate, c1550 Alcina, opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel [1735], anonymous libretto based on L’isola d’Alcina (set by … more →
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Opera Theatre Company: Alcina (Handel)
Michael Lee wrote 1 month ago: Alcina meets Ruggiero - painting by Niccolò dell'Abbate, c1550 Alcina, opera seria in three acts … more →
Opera Theatre Company: Acis & Galatea (Handel)
Michael Lee wrote 5 months ago: Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus - image courtesy of Opera Theatre Company Acis and Galatea, a masque by … more →
Opera Theatre Company: Xerxes (Handel)
Michael Lee wrote 9 months ago: Xerxes (Serse) by Georg Frideric Handel [1738], anon libretto (adapted from Sivlio Stampiglia’ … more →
Optimistically hanging on in there
Michael Lee wrote 10 months ago: As befits the most extravagant of art-forms, opera requires a lot of optimism and enthusiasm. That … more →
The Rape of the Lock... the unlikely pairing of Pope and Handel
Michael Lee wrote 1 year ago: Mention must be made of this week’s production in Dublin by Ensemble eX of The Rape of the Loc … more →
Celos aun del aire matan... even groundless jealousy can prove fatal
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Michael Lee wrote 1 year ago: News just in from Fraser in St Bart’s… The Irish premiere of Celos aun del aire matan is … more →
