Alcina is undoubtedly one of Handel’s most absurd operas, but this delicious production, directed by Richard Jones, with a cast led by the magnificent Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa, shows how ...

Lisette Oropesa and Emily D'Angelo as Alcina and Ruggiero, watched by a transformed ex-lover (Image: Royal Opera House / Ian Hippolyte) Alcina is undoubtedly one of Handel's most absurd operas, but ...

What makes this one of Handel’s best known and most popular operas? Giulio Cesare’s success lies not just in its witty yet profound libretto and the extravagantly coloured orchestra, but also in the ...

This revival of Richard Jones and Antony McDonald’s 2022 staging has kept most of its excellent original cast Lisette Oropesa is imperious and gleaming as the enchantress Alcina Handel, but make it ...

Striking control and presence … Emily D'Angelo as Ruggiero in Alcina at the Royal Opera House, London.Photograph: Ian Hippolyte Handel, but make it fun. Perhaps that was Richard Jones’s brief for his ...

The 2022 Olivier-winning production returns with a double injection of fresh energy from mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor and conductor David Bates Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and ...

Antony McDonald’s cuddly designs turn the animals into lovable inhabitants of a peaceable kingdom - Alastair Muir Richard Jones’s entertaining, Oliver Award-winning 2022 production of Handel’s Alcina ...

The colourful and larger-than-life staging of the opera about an enchantress who transforms her lovers into beasts returns to the Royal Opera stage this week. We went behind the scenes on the final ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Alcina” is long, hard to sing — and irresistible to opera houses and singers alike. By David Belcher As nearly 300-year-old operas go, “Alcina” feels ...

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra came to Caramoor with Handel’s “Tolomeo,” a far-fetched opera seria with a lively score. By Gabrielle Ferrari Reporting from Katonah, N.Y. The term opera seria might ...

After the hit-and-miss Eugene Onegin that opened last week, with the miss mostly in the staging department, the Santa Fe Opera’s 2026 season got back on track with a first-rate production of George ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. This news just in: Harry Bicket won’t be conducting an opera by Handel here this summer. Don’t worry; he hasn’t ...