06 Aug 2006

Orlando, Wilton's Music Hall, London

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1216381.ece

Handel in the 21st century: just add beer
By Anna Picard [Independent, 6 August 2006]

From Achilles to Zidane, there are few things more poignant than a hero's fall from grace. Such is the subject of Handel's 1733 opera Orlando, the tale of a knight driven mad by love, or, in Netia Jones's sometimes moving, often baffling modern-dress production for the Early Opera Company, a lager lout who loses his temper.