Xerxes

Synopsis

From the English National Opera 1988 Nicholas Hytner’s innovative production has been much acclaimed and this live recording from the English National Opera features outstanding performances from a fine English cast, including Dame Ann Murray, Christopher Robson, Jean Rigby, Lesley Garrett, Rodney Macann and Valerie Masterson. Designer David Fielding adds curious, surreal touches to his eighteenth-century settings in the London pleasure gardens at Vauxhall, which heighten the absurdity of the love intrigues in Handel’s comic opera. (Sung in English)

Additional Info

• No: R0346
• Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Orchestra: ,
• Artists: Christopher Booth-Jones, Lesley Garrett, Rodney Macann , Valerie Masterson, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Christopher Robson,
• Production year: 1988
• Run time: 03:06:00
• Director: Nicholas Hytner