Xerxes: English National Opera (Sir Charles Mackerras) (1988)
4.2 of 5 from 45 ratings
3h 6min
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- Synopsis:
- Nicholas Hytners highly innovative production of Handels comic opera won the coveted Laurence Olivier Opera Award. This live recording from the English National Opera stars Lesley Garrett and Ann Murray as Xerxes, whose love for Romilda, sung by Valerie Masterson, sets off a series of love intrigues. The designer, David Fielding, has produced a stunning and elegant series of curious and absorbing images, creating a world of its own and recreating the culture of Vauxhall Gardens in Handels own time. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the English National Opera orchestra in an edition prepared by himself.
- Actors:
- Ann Murray, Valerie Masterson, Christopher Robson, Jean Rigby, Lesley Garrett, Christopher Booth-Jones, Rodney Macann
- Directors:
- John Michael Phillips
- Writers:
- Nicolo Minato, Nicholas Hytner
- Studio:
- Arthaus Musik
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Romance, Special Interest
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