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.
124. Orlando furioso (Vivaldi)
123. Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Handel)
The ides of March may have passed, but we still have time to stab Caesar.
122. Le dilettante d’Avignon (Halévy)
A witty skit on Rossinimania.
OPERA UNLEASHED! 