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Title:
Xerxes [videorecording] : from the London Coliseum : opera in three acts / by George Frederic Handel ; English National Opera ; opera producer, Nicholas Hytner ; directed for television by John Michael Phillips ; a Thames Television and RM Arts production for Channel 4.

Call Number:
782.1 HANDEL

Publication Information :
[London?] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, Calif. : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [2000], c1988.

Physical Description:
1 videodisc (186 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:
Original libretto by Nicolo Minato ; revised by Silvio Stampiglia ; English translation by Nicholas Hytner.
"Edition by Charles Mackerras and Noel Davies."

Creation/Production Credits:
Designer, David Fielding ; senior cameraman, Peter Hodgson ; videotape editor, Mark Dobson.

Performer(s):
Ann Murray, Xerxes ; Valerie Masterson, Romilda ; Christopher Robson, Arsamenes ; Jean Rigby, Amastris ; Lesley Garret, Atalanta ; Christopher Booth-Jones, Elviro ; Rodney Macann, Ariodates ; Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.

Summary:
Handel's comic opera about Xerxes, King of Persia, who declares his love for the army commander's daughter and sets off a series of romantic intrigues.

Language:
Sung in English.

Personal Subject:
Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519-465 or 4 B.C. Drama.

Subject Term:
Operas.

Genre Subject Term:
DVDs.

Added Author:
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Serse.
Minato, Niccolò.
Stampiglia, Silvio, 1664-1725.
Hytner, Nicholas.
Phillips, John Michael.
Mackerras, Charles, Sir, 1925-
Murray, Ann, 1943-
Robson, Christopher, 1953-
Masterson, Valerie.
Garrett, Lesley, 1955-
Rigby, Jean.
Booth-Jones, Christopher.
Macann, Rodney.

Added Author:
English National Opera.
Thames Television, ltd.
RM Arts (Firm)
Reiner Moritz Associates.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Image Entertainment (Firm)