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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;<a href="/index.php/Xerxes" title="Xerxes">Xerxes</a>&#039;&#039; is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. ==The original text== It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The Italian libretto was...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''[[Xerxes]]'' is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. <br /> <br /> ==The original text==<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> ==Translations and adaptations==<br /> <br /> == Performance history in South Africa ==<br /> <br /> 1985: Presented in the [[Baxter Theatre]] by [[UCT Opera School]], produced by [[Angelo Gobbato]], conducted by [[Brian Priestman]].<br /> <br /> == Sources ==<br /> <br /> Barrow, Brian &amp; Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').<br /> <br /> == Return to ==<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[Main Page]]<br />  </div>

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