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"Sex and War. What could be more interesting, right? These two things we wrestle with constantly in our world today."
"For the first time, Opera Lafayette brings its original perspective to a repertoire favorite of Handel, a drama about the taming of a powerful and ambitious king. Opera Lafayette performs the work in its first version, complete with dances at the end of the acts and with members of the Seán Curran dance company integrated as actors into the complete production."- Diana Hossack
Performances take place Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 7:30 p.m. at The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in Washington, DC and Thursday, February 7, 2019, 7:30 p.m. at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, New York, New York, with a preview performance at Bowie Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, February 3, 2019, 1:00 p.m.