The Detroit Opera puts a contemporary spin on Handel’s classic 1738 opera “Xerxes.” The Detroit Opera has put a contemporary spin on Handel’s classic 1738 “Xerxes” masterpiece about love and the ...

Any way you look at it — and, especially, every way you listen to it—Houston Grand Opera's first-ever production of Handel's Xerxes proves a royal treat. With supernovas Susan Graham, Laura Claycomb ...

Houston Grand Opera closes its season with one of Handel's most popular operas, Xerxes. Susan Graham performs the title role and leads an all-star cast in the tale of entangled love set in an English ...

Lengthy enough to provoke joking comparisons to Wagner, George Frideric Handel’s “Xerxes” is loosely — very loosely — inspired by the life of the ancient Persian king, an empire builder. If you’re ...

Handel's operas don't venture into the world of comedy very often. But when they do - and when they're presented with the degree of theatrical verve and musical allure that the Berkeley West Edge ...

Complicated love triangles, hidden identities and a love song to a tree ― George Frideric Handel’s dramedy “Xerxes” makes its Detroit Opera debut this weekend. The production is an adaptation of ...

As timeless as Shakespeare plays, Handel operas shine through the centuries, whether the cast is clad in period costumes or trendy black leather – whether the set is Hampton Court or Club Med.

A triumverate of opera's best and brightest are ready to rule as HGO mounts the Olivier Award-winning English National Opera production, widely regarded as the work's definitive treatment. • Susan ...

A short sortie into the plot of Xerxes brings home how little entertainment has changed over the centuries. Today, we can’t get enough of our costume dramas replete with steamy characters, set against ...