This is the production that started Francisco Negrin’s international career. It was a total hit that received rave reviews and blew away the unsuspecting Sydney audiences in 1994. It received the Green room award for best production, best director and best performer, was revived many times and travelled across the pacific to Los Angeles as well as to the operas in Brisbane and in Melbourne. It has been released on VHS, DVD and on CD and is still remembered by many as the best Handel opera production they have seen. Francisco Negrin went on to direct a new production of the piece for Copenhagen, which improved on the first version and has also been released on DVD and won awards. It was also the start of the great collaborations that were to follow between Francisco Negrin and Harry Bicket on several other Handel operas.
- Sidney Opera · Sidney · June 1994 / 1997 / 2000
- Queensland Opera· Brisbane · October 1998
- L.A Opera · L.A. · February 2001
Creative Team
| Sets | Anthony Baker |
| Costumes | Anthony Baker |
| Lighting | Davy Cunningham |
| Conductor | Richard Hickox /Harry Bicket |
| Choreography | Gregory Nash |
Cast
Yvonne Kenny, Pamela Helen Stephen, Graham Pushee, Elizabeth Campbell, Andrew Dalton, Bejun Mehta, David Daniels, David Walker, Stephen Bennett, Rodney Gilchrist, Rosemary Gunn, Elisabeth Futral.
