Here is a rare and exceptional example in which the director and costume designer amuse themselves with `silly' costumes, but it actually works. I usually loath the stupid concept of 'clever' producers' of dressing opera singers in an motley set of `modern' and bizarre costumes (mostly tasteless) to help the `stupid' spectators to understand the universality of the opera across time and place. However, in this particular production I enjoyed every moment of it. All my reservations withstanding, I found that the costumes have actually helped highlight the `buffa' aspects of this supposedly `siria' opera. This work may not be among Handel's greatest masterpieces, but the way it is presented and sung here makes it a thorough pleasure for the senses.
Netherlands
Music
208 minutes
2012
David Alden
Opus Arte
2007
0.0
2011
7.0
2020
0.0
1973
0.0
1993
8.2
2013
0.0
2008
0.0
2010
0.0
2020
9.0
2021
10.0
1999
4.0
1985
8.0
2019
10.0
2019
0.0
2013
0.0
1950
3.5
2010
0.0
2019
8.0
2018
0.0
2021
0.0