Settle in for George Frideric Handel’s first operatic romcom Partenope, where all isn’t fair in love and war, love triangles turn into love hexagons, and every glance risks sparking a duel.
Watch the trailer for ENO’s 2025 production of Handel’s Partenope directed by Christopher Alden.
First performed in 1730, Partenope marks George Frideric Handel‘s first venture into comic opera.
An Introduction to Partenope
Handel’s opera treats finding love as a battle both literally and figuratively. This comic opera is full of romantic entanglements and mistaken identities.