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    Handel's Agrippina

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    Presented by Boston Lyric Opera at Citi Shubert Theatre

    March 11-March 22, 2011

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    Agrippina wants her rotten son to be the emperor of Rome. What's a mother to do? She promises anything to everyone standing in her way: Nero himself, an ambitious courtesan, a general, a couple of fawning sycophants, and half the Roman Senate. Also her husband, current emperor Claudius. The numbers are staggering. No, really. Handel's music soars. Come delight in his fresh musical invention and some crazy, hothouse humanity.


     


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        Citi Shubert Theatre

        265 Tremont Street
        Boston, MA 02116

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        Tickets start at $34.

        Info Phone: 866.348.9738

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        March 11-March 22, 2011

        Times:

        Performance dates are March 11, 13m, 16, 18, 20m, 22, 2011


        3pm Sunday matinees. All other performances 7:30pm.

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        • Event Name: Handel's Agrippina
          5 out of 5 stars rating "EDGE BOSTON REVIEW 3/12"
          Review posted by: BLO Public Relations from Boston. MA, Mar 14, 2011

          Having only last month mounted The Emperor of Atlantis, a dark, spare opera composed in the horrific confines of a Nazi concentration camp, Boston Lyric Opera is now transporting us to the... Expand

        • Event Name: Handel's Agrippina
          5 out of 5 stars rating "BOSTON GLOBE REVIEW 3/14"
          Review posted by: BLO Public Relations from Boston, MA, Mar 14, 2011

          Handel’s ‘Agrippina’ stylishly comic in Boston Lyric Opera production - The Boston Globe http://t.co/atHbAYN

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        • Event Name: Handel's Agrippina
          Article: Boston Lyric Opera handles Handel with aplomb
          Boston Herald - Mar 15, 2011
          By Keith Powers

          Handel is rolling over in his grave. And audiences are loving it.

          Boston Lyric Opera set the great composer’s “Agrippina” on its head Friday evening at the Shubert Theatre, staging a slapstick take on the seriocomic opera that nearly dro… Expand

          Handel is rolling over in his grave. And audiences are loving it.

          Boston Lyric Opera set the great composer’s “Agrippina” on its head Friday evening at the Shubert Theatre, staging a slapstick take on the seriocomic opera that nearly drowned its terrific singing and playing in a sea of sight-gags and goofy exchanges.

          Let’s face it, Handel asked for it. Anyone who creates a bedroom farce of an opera based on the prehistory of Nero — “Agrippina” details his mother’s attempt to place the burning fiddler on the Roman throne, long before he became the Hitler of his day — begs to be sent up. And that’s just what the BLO did, realizing director Lillian Groag’s thoroughly comedic genius. Collapse

        • Event Name: Handel's Agrippina
          Article: Don’t miss this one, under any circumstances!
          EDGE Boston - Mar 15, 2011
          By Ed Tapper

          Having only last month mounted The Emperor of Atlantis, a dark, spare opera composed in the horrific confines of a Nazi concentration camp, Boston Lyric Opera is now transporting us to the glittering, sumptuous Baroque opera stage. Their vehicle is H… Expand

          Having only last month mounted The Emperor of Atlantis, a dark, spare opera composed in the horrific confines of a Nazi concentration camp, Boston Lyric Opera is now transporting us to the glittering, sumptuous Baroque opera stage. Their vehicle is Handel’s 1709 Agrippina, the composer’s first, full-blown Italian opera. Could the company successfully shift gears, and bring off a work of such complexity and virtuosity? The answer is a resounding yes! And BLO’s gamble has proven one of their greatest triumphs in recent seasons.
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        • Event Name: Handel's Agrippina
          Article: Handel’s ‘Agrippina’ made stylishly comic
          Boston Globe - Mar 14, 2011
          By Jeremy Eichler

          With the abundance of period instrument activity in Boston, Handel’s music has not exactly been underserved around town. Nevertheless, on Friday night, Boston Lyric Opera made a compelling argument that the composer’s operas should not become the pro… Expand

          With the abundance of period instrument activity in Boston, Handel’s music has not exactly been underserved around town. Nevertheless, on Friday night, Boston Lyric Opera made a compelling argument that the composer’s operas should not become the province of period specialists alone, that they have a place as well in the repertoire of a mainstream regional company such as this one. BLO’s case came by way of a deft and often charming production of Handel’s “Agrippina,’’ sung by a gifted cast receiving strong support from conductor Gary Thor Wedow in the pit. Collapse