Radamisto
From: Thursday, 7th October 2010
To: Thursday, 4 November 2010
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Synopsis
First performed 1720. Radamisto and his wife Zenobia are devoted to each other. Tiridate is married to Radamisto's sister but is in love with Zenobia and invades in order to capture her. Other crossed lovers and faked death occur in this early Handel Italian style opera.
Our Review:
8 October 2010
As drama, Radamisto looks forward to later opera seria, as far even as Mozart, and as a result is more dramatically effective than almost any other Handel opera seen recently in London.
The patched up finale may induce the odd groan but there are scenes of genuine theatrical intensity which bring to mind Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito and, for once in a Handel opera, the plot matters.
The scene halfway through the second half where Radamisto appears in disguise before his wife Zenobia and the tyrant Tiridate – the wife recognises the husband but the interloper, intent on ravishing her, does not – sets up a dramatic tension which is spellbinding, especially in David Alden’s typically idiosyncratic new staging (a co-production with Santa Fe Opera).
Alden sets the first third of the opera so far forward that the cast are virtually glued to the proscenium line, everything r...
Latest User Review
Melikeit - 8 October 2010:
Wonderful evening in the theatre. ENO should be proud of this. And although C Alden was not able to tame all of his silly ideas - 99% of this production is excellent. Agree too the singing is superb....
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Handel (Music)
English National Opera (Producer)
Laurence Cummings (Conductor)
David Alden (Director)
Gideon Davey (Design)
Rick Fisher (Lighting)
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