Handel's Rodelinda

For Valentine's Day, I went to see Rodelinda.
It was fabulous. The set was spare with much framing and white shapes.
I had never heard a castrato live before.
The costumes were amazing with the enormous true-to-life wide frame skirts and corsets, they were in fact stunning. This was followed by a brief question and answer period with the director and the singer who played Rodelinda. The most stunning part was the duet sung by Rodelinda and her husband, who was played by a woman, which closed act 2. I think it surpasses the Lakme Opera in parts. The enterprise lasted 4 hours all together.

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