Partenope Educator Materials

MUSIC BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Handel's hilarious battle of the sexes back by popular demand!

Complete with an elegant heroine, and misbehaving men, Partenope is a romantic comedy about what happens when the battle of the sexes stops being conventional and starts getting surreal.

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Sung in Italian with English supertitles

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Synopsis

A battle of the sexes ensues between a sophisticated society woman and the group of suitors who desire her.

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EDUCATOR MATERIALS

About the opera

Opera vocabulary

Additional media

Partenope Libretto

Maps

CAST AND CREATIVE

CAST

Partenope	Louise Alder ^*
Rosmira	Daniela Mack
Arsace	Franco Fagioli ^*
Armindo	Jakub Józef Orliński ^*
Emilio	Alek Shrader
Ormonte	Hadleigh Adams

CREATIVE

Conductor	Christopher Moulds
Production	Christopher Alden
Revival Director	Roy Rallo
Set Designer	Andrew Lieberman
Costume Designer	Jon Morrell
Lighting Designer	Adam Silverman
Revival Lighting Designer	Gary Marder
Choreographer	Lawrence Pech

* San Francisco Opera debut

THE BUZZ

“Surrender to [Partenope’s] buoyant charms, and you may soon find your senses ravished and your funny bone delicately tickled.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“Louise Alder’s sparkling soprano has great poise and assurance and her warm reception was richly deserved.”
—The Guardian

“Fagioli is one of today's great vocal technicians, and the ease and almost superhuman agility with which he attacks some of the big bravura numbers are simply staggering.”
—The Guardian