ETO’s operatic treats at Harrogate Theatre
Working once again with period instrument orchestra The Old Street Band, this year’s mini-season features two contrasting operas on Friday and Saturday.
Regarded as one of Handel’s finest serious operas, Ottone was first performed in London in 1723 at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket.
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Hide AdRunning at Harrogate Theatre on Friday, October 31, the story centres on Ottone’s betrothal to Byzantine princess Teofane.
The pulsating plot features a bloody coup, multiple mistaken identities, and repeated captures and recaptures.
Running on Saturday, November 1, the hilarious Life on the Moon was written by Haydn during his period as Kapellmeister, or music director, of the hugely powerful Hungarian noble house of Esterházy, and was first performed in 1777.