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| December 01, 2001 | Freeman, John W. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

For the twenty-seventh season of Glimmer-glass Opera (July 5-Aug. 28), the repertory tilted toward the less familiar. Since Paul Kellogg's accession as artistic director of both companies, most Glimmerglass productions are destined sooner or later to be shared with the New York City Opera stage. This year's Agrippina (seen Aug. 25) was an exciting addition to the two companies' ongoing Handel repertory; it bows at City Opera this April.

As conceived by designer John Conklin, with costumes by Jess Goldstein, and as staged by Lillian Groag -- a late arrival to the production -- Agrippina successfully applied a present-day approach to Baroque convention, finding a ...

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