Being one of his most fascinating works, Handel’s “Ottone” was famous in its day as a massive box-office hit. It also served ...

On November 7 and 8, MIOpera joins forces with the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) to present George Frideric ...

Alcina is undoubtedly one of Handel’s most absurd operas, but this delicious production, directed by Richard Jones, with a cast led by the magnificent Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa, shows how ...

Lisette Oropesa and Emily D'Angelo as Alcina and Ruggiero, watched by a transformed ex-lover (Image: Royal Opera House / Ian Hippolyte) Alcina is undoubtedly one of Handel's most absurd operas, but ...

Agrippina, the great granddaughter of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, was a significant figure in Roman history. She was the grandniece of Tiberius, sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, and mother ...

What makes this one of Handel’s best known and most popular operas? Giulio Cesare’s success lies not just in its witty yet profound libretto and the extravagantly coloured orchestra, but also in the ...

This revival of Richard Jones and Antony McDonald’s 2022 staging has kept most of its excellent original cast Lisette Oropesa is imperious and gleaming as the enchantress Alcina Handel, but make it ...

Striking control and presence … Emily D'Angelo as Ruggiero in Alcina at the Royal Opera House, London.Photograph: Ian Hippolyte Handel, but make it fun. Perhaps that was Richard Jones’s brief for his ...

The 2022 Olivier-winning production returns with a double injection of fresh energy from mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor and conductor David Bates Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and ...

Antony McDonald’s cuddly designs turn the animals into lovable inhabitants of a peaceable kingdom - Alastair Muir Richard Jones’s entertaining, Oliver Award-winning 2022 production of Handel’s Alcina ...

The colourful and larger-than-life staging of the opera about an enchantress who transforms her lovers into beasts returns to the Royal Opera stage this week. We went behind the scenes on the final ...