Dorilla in Tempe: Baroque opera embraces opulance
Dorilla in Tempe, National Opera House, Wexford, Until Nov 2
Laura Margaret Smith in Dorilla in Tempe. Photo: Clive Barda
La Fenice theatre, Venice, comes to Wexford Opera Festival with this supremely confident and sexy production of Antonio Vivaldi's 1726 three-act love quadrangle.
The production perfectly matches the Baroque richness of the music with opulence of concept and design. The story involves princess Dorilla falling in love with Elmiro, a shepherd; but her father wants to give her to another man as a reward for slaying a dragon.
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