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Title: Superb in Several Ways
Review: You get a first rate musical performance of one of Handel's most tuneful operas. The blu-ray presentation is extremely fine. As noted by the reviewer at blu-ray dot com, the variety of black levels are something you can't get on an ordinary DVD. And then there is the very inventive comic pantomime that the performers engage in along with their singing duties. Two scenes were sensational: There was Trasimede dressing Antigona as the huntress Diana, accompanied by some delicious hunting horn music, in Act I; At the beginning of Act II, Hercules in a side splitting comic book manner takes over the reception room at Hades to rescue Alceste and some other unfortunate souls. Once you get into this fascinating production, you don't mind the updating at all. Handel done straight, with three and a quarter hours of da capo arias, is often a soporific experience.
