SEMI-STAGED `AGRIPPINA' GETS FULL MARKS

The Boston Globe | October 25, 2005| | Copyright

Boston Baroque's semi-staged account of Handel's "Agrippina" Saturday night was not just the best production in a week crowded with opera, it was the finest local operatic performance in several seasons.

"Agrippina," written by the 24-year-old future composer of "Messiah," is a cheerfully amoral sex farce. The characters are historical figures from imperial Rome; the backbone of the story is about how the villainous Agrippina, the mother of Nero, schemes to install her son as Emperor. The libretto tells the story with worldly cynicism; "If you want to gain power, everything is permissible," ...

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