Sat 18th October 2014 7:30pm

English Touring Opera (ETO)

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Ottone

Returning to that area of repertoire for which we have found such an enthusiastic audience – and critical acclaim – this season we are presenting one of Handel’s finest tragedies, taken from the decade that marked the highest achievement in opera in Britain.

Ottone, a rarely performed masterpiece, describes a bloody coup and the arrival of a Byzantine bride around the year 1000AD. The opera has a treasure trove of fantastic arias – a number of which are regularly performed in concert. One deceptively simple aria, ‘Falsa immagine’, was at first scorned by the great Italian soprano Francesca Cuzzoni – and it is reported that Handel convinced her of its genius as he leaned her out of a high window!

A chance to see the full opera in ETO’s characteristic style will be a treat for opera fans old and new.