Deidamia

Synopsis

Here is a rare and exceptional example in which the director and costume designer amuse themselves with `silly' costumes, but it actually works. I usually loath the stupid concept of 'clever' producers' of dressing opera singers in an motley set of `modern' and bizarre costumes (mostly tasteless) to help the `stupid' spectators to understand the universality of the opera across time and place. However, in this particular production I enjoyed every moment of it. All my reservations withstanding, I found that the costumes have actually helped highlight the `buffa' aspects of this supposedly `siria' opera. This work may not be among Handel's greatest masterpieces, but the way it is presented and sung here makes it a thorough pleasure for the senses.

Main Cast

Sally Matthews

Deidamia

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Veronica Cangemi

Nerea

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Olga Pasichnyk

Achille

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Silvia Tro Santafé

Ulisse

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Andrew Foster-Williams

Fenice

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Umberto Chiummo

Licomede

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Ivor Bolton

Conductor

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	David Alden
Crew	Compositor	Georg Friedrich Händel
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