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The English National Opera has always had an attractively light touch in Handel; this classic production designed by Nicholas Hytner (director of The Madness of King George and The Crucible) manages to preserve both the work's occasional passion and its undercutting of that passion into urbane absurdity. Anne Murray's Xerxes is a tyrant in love who learns the hard way that he can neither play with nor command his subjects' affections; her forthright declamatory singing not least in the famous "Larghetto" conveys both the petulance and the final grandeur of a man undergoing a sentimental education. Valerie Masterson and Christopher Hudson as the principal pair of lovers combine perfect singing with an attractive romantic ardour; Hudson in particular makes clear just how heroic a counter-tenor can sound listened to without preconceptions. In the soubrette role of Atalanta Lesley Garrett is a cute trouble-maker. Sir Charles Mackerras' conducting gives each of the genre arias of which the work consists both an appropriate intensity of emotion and an overall charm.
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£0.00
Delivery Time:
3-5 Working Days
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Category:
MUS
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EAN:
4006680100760
Format:
DVD
Number of Disks:
1
Studio:
Arthaus Musik
Starring:
Ann Murray (II), Valerie Masterson, Christopher Robson, Jean Rigby, Lesley Garrett
Directed By:
John Michael Phillips
Features:
Full Screen, PAL
Release Date:
2000-08-29
Rating:
Exempt
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The English National Opera has always had an attractively light touch in Handel; this classic production designed by Nicholas Hytner (director of The Madness of King George and The Crucible) manages to preserve both the work's occasional passion and its undercutting of that passion into urbane absurdity. Anne Murray's Xerxes is a tyrant in love who learns the hard way that he can neither play with nor command his subjects' affections; her forthright declamatory singing not least in the famous "Larghetto" conveys both the petulance and the final grandeur of a man undergoing a sentimental education. Valerie Masterson and Christopher Hudson as the principal pair of lovers combine perfect singing with an attractive romantic ardour; Hudson in particular makes clear just how heroic a counter-tenor can sound listened to without preconceptions. In the soubrette role of Atalanta Lesley Garrett is a cute trouble-maker. Sir Charles Mackerras' conducting gives each of the genre arias of which the work consists both an appropriate intensity of emotion and an overall charm.
Delivery Cost:
£0.00
Delivery Time:
3-5 Working Days
Availability:
Out of stock.
Category:
MUS
Generic Information
EAN:
4006680100760
Format:
DVD
Number of Disks:
1
Studio:
Arthaus Musik
Starring:
Ann Murray (II), Valerie Masterson, Christopher Robson, Jean Rigby, Lesley Garrett
Directed By:
John Michael Phillips
Features:
Full Screen, PAL
Release Date:
2000-08-29
Rating:
Exempt