Jephte
T1349597564
A man vows that in exchange for victory in war he will sacrifice to God the first person he meets on return - an oath that comes to haunt him when his daughter rushes to welcome him home. Based on the same Old Testament story that Handel used for his famous oratorio a century later.
Archive :: production:T1349597564, opera or operetta:S0209727673, venue:V01718852442
Production details
Jephte is a ravishing lament, and an ideal partner for
Dido and Aeneas Double bill with Dido and Aeneas
