Xerxes
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Xerxes is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel.
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The original text
It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The Italian libretto was adapted by an unknown hand from that by Silvio Stampiglia for an earlier opera of the same name by Giovanni Bononcini in 1694.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1985: Presented in the Baxter Theatre by UCT Opera School, produced by Angelo Gobbato, conducted by Brian Priestman.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987).
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