Stefan Janski is an opera director, he received significant acclaim for his production of which of Handel's opera seria in three acts, first performed in London on 15 April 1738?
Stefan Janski Stefan Janski is an opera director. He was the co-producer and librettist for the Sadler’s Wells Theatre production of "The Snowman of Kashmir" in 1974, and has served as Associate Director with Glyndebourne Festival Opera and its Touring Opera, as well as staff director for English National Opera. He is Director of Opera Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, which he joined in 1986. He has also worked freelance for notable companies such as Scottish Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the Royal Ballet of Flanders. He received significant acclaim for his production of Handel's "Xerxes".
Agrippina (opera) Agrippina (HWV 6) is an "opera seria" in three acts by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani. Composed for the 1709–10 Venice "Carnevale" season, the opera tells the story of Agrippina, the mother of Nero, as she plots the downfall of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the installation of her son as emperor. Grimani's libretto, considered one of the best that Handel set, is an "anti-heroic satirical comedy", full of topical political allusions. Some analysts believe that it reflects Grimani's political and diplomatic rivalry with Pope Clement XI.