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Handel’s opera is one of the finest offerings of the season so far
Countertenor Bejun Mehta carried the evening with a tireless dose display of tortured passion
Toshio Hosokawa’s opera is a musical success — but the libretto is cringe-makingly awkward
DVD recording of the modern era’s most powerful and sophisticated musical drama
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