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Opera Cheat Sheet
Opera Cheat Sheet: Xerxes
Download and listen to our quick overview of this Saturday's opera broadcast of George Frideric Handel's Xerxes, Saturday at noon.
This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, shares excerpts from an interview with soprano Laura Claycomb and counter-tenor David Daniels from the cast of Houston Grand Opera’s 2010 production of Handel’s opera, Xerxes, the story of the love quadrangle between Xerxes, King of Persia, his brother Arsamene, and Romilda and her sister Atalanta. You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Xerxes Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.