Directly after Alessandro Opera seria Admeto, re di Tessaglia was very tailored to Senesino, Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni. Handel adapted the musical highlights the singers on the advantages ...

Although it was a huge success in Handel’s lifetime, Admeto has benefited little from the current revival of interest in the composer’s work. This performance, imported from the Göttingen Festival, ...

In the event, expectations were confounded. Dörrie’s staging, first seen at the Göttingen Handel festival in June, was harmless. It was the work itself that disappointed. Admeto was written for three ...

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Learn more about the full cast of Admeto (Festspielorchester Gottingen) with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide ...

Some productions are more fun than the sum of their parts. Handel's Admeto, Re di Tessaglia isn't one of his best operas: it doesn't have the melodic or dramatic power of, say, Semele or Alcina. Yet ...