If Flaubert was Madame Bovary, then Handel was Partenope. She is the title character of his 1730 opera, a big hit in its time, but then spurned for supposed tawdriness over the ensuing 250 years.

San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season continues with George Frideric Handel’s Partenope in director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production. Last seen on the War Memorial Opera House stage in ...

In San Francisco Opera's dashing production of Handel's "Partenope," the heroine is presented not as the Queen of Naples, as she is known in mythology, but as a chic socialite in 1920s Paris. The 1730 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season will continue June 15 with George ...

A posh glam gal with a devoted following has three ardent suitors, but one of them is being pursued, in disguise, by his erstwhile betrothed, who has adopted a bitter male persona to confront him ...