Credits:

Federico Maria Sardelli

Description:

Although the Persian King Xerxes had a fiance named Amastra, the daughter of Otanne, King of Susa, he was infatuated with Romilda, the lover of his younger brother Arsamenes. Romildas younger sister, Adelanta, loves Arsamenes and therefore urges Romilda to accept Xerxess love, butFrom the Valle dIttria Music Festivalwhich has garnered attention for its many intriguing revival projectscomes the opera *Serse* by Francesco Cavalli, a prominent disciple of Monteverdi, the founder of Italian Baroque opera, who enjoyed immense popularity in the mid-17th century. The video CD, released by DYNAMIC to great acclaim, is now available.When one thinks of *Serse*, Handels operawith its opening aria Ombra mai fuis often the first thing that comes to mind, but the libretto was originally written for Cavalli by the playwright Niccol Minato. Following its 1655 premiere in Venice, the work was restage