Handel's operas are a challenge to modern audiences, classical themes, da capo arias, few duets or larger ensembles, the best parts written for castrati. They are also a challenge to the director who needs to recreate the excitement and spectacle of these pieces as they were performed on the 18th century stage. ... I sometimes have difficulty with men singing castrato parts because the voice does not match the body.
Handel inserted a number of ballet scenes into this opera to add spectacle but, in this film, the dance of the zombies and the gratuitous incest and nudity are a mistake, as is the spaceship in act II./ Source |
