Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This historical revival of Handel's Serse particularly emphasises the humorous ...

While the two sopranos were of similar vivacious ilk – Mary Bevan’s Atalanta (pictured below with Harry Bicket at the harpsichord, superb cellist Joseph Crouch and star theorbist Sergio Bucheli to the ...

Exciting historical performance ensemble Figure will bring a fresh and intimate semi-staged performance of Handel's Serse to London's Opera Holland Park this June. The recently established group aims ...

From the controlled crescendo of his opening note, creamily smooth but never dragging or cloying in the vein of some Handel recitalists, Fagioli declared his intent. Concert performance or not, he ...

Serse-- Handel’s comic opera "Serse" (Xerxes) is notable on several accounts. It is his last opera. In it, Handel gave up the old-fashioned A-B-A aria, which went on forever. Also, yes, this is the ...