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Handel's Serse

Handel's Serse

Barbican Centre

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Xerxes rules over a vast empire, but the human heart is a lot harder to tame, and sometimes the beauty of a plane tree is the only constant in a dangerous world. Created to astonish London audiences in 1738, Handel’s opera Serse is an epic of love, war and civil engineering - and its hit aria 'Ombra mai fu' is one of those melodies that you simply never forget.

Program

GF

George Frideric Handel - Serse

Composer

Participants

Paula Murrihy

Serse

Rachel Redmond

Atalanta

Louise Alder

Romilda

Rebecca Leggett

Arsamene

Claudia Huckle

Amastre

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1 dates (19 Jun - 19 Jun)

Jun

19

Fri

ellipse

7:00 pm

Barbican Centre

London, United Kingdom

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