Going For Baroque With Handel's Xerxes
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Nicholas Hytner,
David Fieldig,
Michael Sumuel,
Vauxhall Gardens,
George Frideric Handel,
Lisette Oropesa,
David Daniels,
Sonia Prina,
Patrick Summers,
Heidi Stober,
English National Opera,
Michael Walling,
Susan Graham,
San Francisco Opera,
Xerxes,
Video,
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The San Francisco Opera's company premiere of Xerxes included several instruments rarely heard in operatic ensembles: the arch lute, baroque guitar, and theorbo (a long-necked lute sometimes referred to as a chitarrone).
George Heymont | Posted 01.25.2012