Sat, Feb 29
|Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehous
Opera Breakfast Series: Agrippina
Lecturer Robert Glick discuss Handel’s Agrippina scheduled for broadcast at the Lensic that morning at 11:00 am. The cost of the lecture is $5.00 and an array of coffees, teas and pastries may be purchased from 8:00 am at Iconik Coffee shop.
Date, Time & Location
Feb 29, 2020, 9:30 AM
Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehous, 202 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM, USA
About the Event
Handel’s tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome receives its first Met performances, with star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the controlling, power-hungry Agrippina and Harry Bicket conducting. Sir David McVicar’s production ingeniously reframes the action of this black comedy about the abuse of power to “the present,” where it should loudly resonate.
The all-star cast features mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey as Agrippina’s son and future emperor Nerone, soprano Brenda Rae as the seductive Poppea, countertenor Iestyn Davies as the ambitious officer Ottone, and bass Matthew Rose as the weary emperor Claudius.
Tickets for The Met: Live in HD at the Lensic, available here