2015-01-23, The Times
Say what you like about this arcane baroque opera, there’s certainly no time to get bored. Recitatives and arias fly by. Theban rulers, lovers and enemies wrestle with power, vainglory, and their heart’s desires. A beast is slain; a monster metamorphoses into an army of warriors. This is an opera first performed during Munich’s winter carnival of 1688, and it wasn’t a time for restraint.
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