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Baroque picture magic

Xerxes

Georg Friedrich Handel
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The magnificent magic of Baroque theatre on the stage of the Komische Oper Berlin: In the acclaimed production by Norwegian theatre magician Stefan Herheim, under the musical direction of Baroque specialist Konrad Junghänel, Handel's opera Xerxes becomes a feast for the eyes, ears and all the senses.
The Persian king Serse is betrothed to Amastre; yet on his adventurous military campaign to Greece, the conquests he seeks to make are above all amorous in nature. Serse’s brother Arsamene is conducting a secret liaison with Romilda, the daughter of his commander, Ariodate.
Dramma per musica in Three Acts [1738]
Libretto after Nicolò Minato and Silvio Stampiglia
German text version by Eberhard Schmidt
in an arrangement by Stefan Herheim
Co-production with Deutschen Oper am Rhein
German
3 hr 17 min, intermission included

Next dates

Komische Oper Berlin – Großer Saal
Behrenstraße 55-57
10117 Berlin-Mitte
Thu
8. Jun 2023
19:30 - 22:45
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