Händel: Serse

Serse, one of Händel’s latest and most frequently performed operas, staged at the Oper Frankfurt and conducted by Constantinos Carydis, features rising opera star Gaëlle Arquez in the title role. Arquez “scintillates with her nimble, luminous mezzo-soprano”, singing “irresistibly beautiful, impassioned, furious” (Frankfurter Rundschau). Counter-tenor Lawrence Zazzo imbodies a powerful Arsamene, “agile and expressive, [...] disposing of various nuances” (FAZ). Elisabeth Sutphen (Romilda), Louise Alder (Atlanta) and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Amastre) complete this colourful and passionate “singers’ competition with only winners” (Frankfurter Neue Presse). The “spectacular staging” by Tilmann Köhler offers completely “new ways of hearing and seeing Händel” (FAZ).