Do you believe that yours is the only true god? Do you think that members of other religions are blasphemous idolaters who should be killed, and their statues and temples smashed? You do? Then you'll love France's first Biblical opera!
Category: 18th century opera
124. Orlando furioso (Vivaldi)
Vivaldi, like his wicked sorceress Alcina, enchants the senses, then lures us into a queasily erotic nightmare of the sort we associate more with Richard Strauss than opera seria.
123. Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Handel)
The ides of March may have passed, but we still have time to stab Caesar.


