The Opera Circus

OPERA2DAY & Netherlands Bach Society

Serge van Veggel, concept, scenario and director

Hernán Schwartzman, conductor

G.F. Händel, composer

Stefano Simone Pintor, text

The Opera Circus is a tribute to the grand master of dramatic music: George Frideric Handel, and to the spectacle theatre of his day. Old theatre techniques, contemporary circus and Handel’s music come together, set to a new libretto – bringing the magic of Baroque opera to life again.