Deidamia

Here is a rare and exceptional example in which the director and costume designer amuse themselves with silly costumes but it actually works I usually loath the stupid concept of clever producers of dressing opera singers in an motley set of modern and bizarre costumes mostly tasteless to help the stupid spectators to understand the universality of the opera across time and place However in this particular production I enjoyed every moment of it All my reservations withstanding I found that the costumes have actually helped highlight the buffa aspects of this supposedly siria opera This work may not be among Handels greatest masterpieces but the way it is presented and sung here makes it a thorough pleasure for the senses