Rodelinda review: One of those evenings at the opera which sends everyone away smiling

When there two occur together, the result can be outstanding.  Musically, Rodelinda is one of Handel’s finest works; plot-wise, it is a mess, even by the shambolic standards of most operas. Rodelinda is the wife of Bertarido whose kingdom has been usurped by the evile Grimoaldo. Bertarido has faked his own death, without telling his […]