A spectacular opera production with stunning stage designs
Barrie Kosky’s award-winning production of Handel’s *Saul* is an opera experience in a class of its own, featuring lavish period costumes and picturesque tableaux.
"Saul" is probably the best opera Handel wrote. On the title page, he called it an oratorio, but the work has everything MON hope for in a dazzling Baroque opera.
Handel to music the Old Testament story of Saul, who becomes so jealous of the young David that he loses his mind and, like King Lear, descends into madness of Shakespearean proportions.
Saul is sung by the English bass-baritone Christopher Purves, and David by the Danish countertenor Morten Grove Frandsen. Concerto Copenhagen provides the accompaniment under the direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
Barrie Kosky, the star director behind the Royal Danish Theatre’s popular production of *Carmen*, has created a staging that features plenty of dance and costumes with wow factors, combined with spectacular set designs and an entire stage floor covered in flickering candles.
"Saul" is sung in English with Danish and English subtitles.
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