Handel’s spectacular opera of love and power in ancient Persia. Harry Bicket conducts The English Concert and a world-class cast in a concert performance of Serse.
Serse rules a vast empire, but the human heart is more difficult to command, and sometimes the beauty of a plane tree is the only constant in a dangerous world. Created to astonish London audiences in 1728, and premiered just minutes from St Martin in the Fields, Handel’s opera Serse is a drama of love, war and civil engineering, and tonight it’s brought sparkling back to life by a team of the world’s leading Handel interpreters – directed by Harry Bicket and starring the “barnstorming” (The Daily Telegraph) Emily D’Angelo as the lovestruck king.
‘A spectacular treat for Handel lovers.’ ***** The Times
‘Splendidly done.’ **** DailyTelegraph
‘ . . . the sounds that came out of that (The English Concert) ensemble were gleamingly aristocratic or thunderously lively.‘ ***** The Arts Desk
Programme
Featured Artists
The English Concert
Harry Bicket Director
Emily D’Angelo Serse
Lucy Crowe Romilda
Paula Murrihy Arsamene
Mary Bevan Atalanta
Neil Davies Ariodate
Daniela Mack Amastre
William Dazeley Elviro
