Name: Xerxes
Start: 2023-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Detroit Opera House

Organization

Soprano

Key’mon W. Murrah

Xerxes

Lauren Snouffer

Romilda

Sun-Ly Pierce

Arsamene

Contralto

Vanessa Cariddi

Amastre

Elizabeth Sutphen

Atalanta

Bass

Nicholas Newton

Ariodate

Conductor

Jane Glover

Stage director

Tazewell Thompson

Revival Director

James Blaszko

Set designer

John Conklin

Costume designer

Sara Jean Tosetti

Lighting designer

Robert Wierzel

Orchestra

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Others

Detroit Opera Chorus

Detroit Opera

ítalska

Detroit

United States

Detroit Opera House

Xerxes Händel

Public

enska

Approved

The 2022 - 2023 opera season opens on September 17th in Sharon's new staging of Die Walküre: Act III, co-produced with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, and starring Detroit Opera Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke. The season also includes a new production of Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar, marking Detroit Opera’s first international co-production with Opera Ventures and Scottish Opera. Other staged productions include Gounod’s Faust, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz and conducted by Dame Jane Glover, in a revelatory production from Opera Omaha, and Tazewell Thompson’s staging of Handel’s Xerxes from the Glimmerglass Festival. Rounding out the season are a concert performance of Verdi’s Aida, featuring role debuts by soprano Angel Blue (Aida) and Goerke (Amneris), and conducted by Jonathon Heyward; and a Detroit-specific production devised by Sharon will premiere in the summer of 2023.

A fast-paced mix of comedy and drama, this was Handel at his most innovative – and Tazewell Thompson’s striking and sumptuous production brings out all of its many wonders. The jaw-dropping musicality of countertenor Key’mon Murrah and soprano Lauren Snouffer will make this an unforgettable feast for the senses, with the renowned Handel specialist Jane Glover conducting.

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