Serse - DVD

Serse is one of Handel's latest and most frequently performed operas, famous for it's marvelous opening aria InchOmbra mai fu.Inch At the center of the confusing tragicomedy, very loosely based upon the life of Xerxes I of Persia, is a powerful and lovesick royal eccentric, King Serse. Rising opera star Gaelle Arquez in the title role of Serse Inchscintillates with her nimble, luminous mezzo-sopranoInch, singing Inchirresistibly beautiful, impassioned, furious - but never meanInch (Frankfurter Rundschau). Frankfurt's excellent Opern- and Museumsorchester contributes Inchall sorts of refinementsInch to this Inchmusical smash hitInch (Deutschlandfunk) and InchIn Frankfurt Tilman Kohler ensures a three-hour short abundant and furious banquett... a great evening of opera.Inch (Deutschlandfunk).