George Frideric Handel - Ariodante (DVD) Matthew L. Weiss and a day in the

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Producer: Sally Haynes

George Frideric Handel - Ariodante (DVD) Matthew L. Weiss and a day in theWhen this production of Handels Ariodante directed by David Alden and conducted by Ivor Bolton had its premiere, it met with unanimous critical and popular acclaim. Alden, as a theatrical modernist, transformed the opera seria into an eroticallycharged nightmare of lust, betrayal and violated innocence. With a superlative cast including Ann Murray, Joan Rodgers and Gwynne Howell this rich and strange Ariodante is a surprisingly modern drama of