Handel’s Oreste

Opera Broadcast Premiere:
Sunday, April 18, 2027 at 2:00 PM
Moores Opera House at the University of Houston

Inspired by Euripides's Iphegeneia in Tauris, Handel's 1734 opera Oreste is a family drama of arbitrary cruelty and hard-won justice. It is filled with some of the composer’s favorite arias, many of which he adapted from his previous Italian operas. For this local premiere of Oreste, Ars Lyrica collaborates with the Moores Opera Center at the University of Houston. An all-student cast is accompanied by the Moores School Symphony Orchestra, augmented by key players from Ars Lyrica Houston.

Featured artists:
Kathleen Belcher, stage director and producer
Matthew Dirst, music director and conductor