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Giulio Cesare review – nightmarish take on Handel has snakes, sadism and a mummy

David Alden’s blackly comic Kafkaesque production has a strong cast whose lively performances were not always matched by the Early Opera Company in the pit

The Guardian - UK

Partenope review – edgy and erotic Handel update

Nardus Williams is stylish as she is swept up in a maelstrom of passions and longings while pursued by three suitors in a revival of Christopher Alden’s 2008 production

The Guardian - UK

Semele review – Pretty Yende is a spirited but sketchy heroine in inconsistent Handel staging

Alice Coote’s vengeful Juno steals the show in Oliver Mears’ bleak and occasionally fussy production

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Semele at Royal Opera House review: 'deeply disturbing and thought provoking'

4/5 Oliver Mears’ creates a darker and more sinister take on Handel’s opera, with an impressive cast including Pretty Yende in the title role

Evening Standard

Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno review – imaginative staging transforms Handel’s oratorio

Its sermonising libretto was never meant to be this much fun, but in Jacopo Spirei’s characterful production, with Christian Curnyn conducting, Hilary Cronin’s delightfully truculent Pleasure emerges as the moral heart of the piece

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Yeomen of the Guard; Alcina – music under siege

ENO stands firm amid extreme funding cuts with a Gilbert and Sullivan staging full of vim and vigour, while animal magic ripples through Richard Jones’s new Alcina

The Guardian - UK

Alcina at the Royal Opera House review: spellbinding and unmissable

An endlessly inventive staging of Handel’s gloriously tuneful opera

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Alcina review – witty and vibrant staging full of beastly style

With Antony McDonald’s colourful designs, Richard Jones’s lively production is aimed as much at the eye as at the ear, and Lisette Oropesa is perfect in the title role

The Guardian - UK

Amadigi review – winning recording should gain Handel’s romantic tale new fans

There are glorious and nuanced performances in a new recording of this lesser-known Handel opera, courtesy of Christian Curnyn and his Early Opera Company

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