World Premiere
This world-premiere adaptation of Handel's Serse is presented in an Opera UpClose Co-Production by Baldwin Wallace Opera and Cleveland Opera Theater with guest Director and Conductor Timothy Nelson, hailed by Opera News as "The future of opera."
Channeling the style of Rumi and building on the concept of a Persian folk-love story as narrated by a poet, Nelson will create and lead this exciting production featuring a cast of performers from the Baldwin Wallace Opera program, a chamber orchestra, costume design by Esther Haberlen and Scenographic design installation by Matthew D. McCarren.
Sung in Italian with English narration, Serse will have an approximate 90 minute duration.
Purchase a VIP ticket and enjoy valet parking, pre-opera wine, beer and apetizers, followed by this world-premiere adaptation of Händel's opera Serse.