OPERA

Handel: Atalanta

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2022
7:30 PM

Juilliard Opera In Person & Live Stream
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School
155 West 65th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan

$40 in person; free live stream
TICKETS + INFORMATION

You know, I don’t think I ever remember seeing Handel’s Atalanta’s being staged anywhere. Handel’s operas have an entertainment value — and tune Q — that goes through the roof. This one’s a very elaborated version of the mythic tale of Atalanta — not as runner, but as huntress (Greek mythology is confusing). In any event, a splendid time is guaranteed for all. The able Gary Thor Wedow conducts.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, The Leopard at Des Artistes — which is featuring an awful lot of Northern Italian dishes these days for an historically Southern Italian restaurant — is very very good. And nosebleedingly expensive. Streaming at home, have a Hunter: pour 1-1/4 oz. Bourbon, 1/4 oz. Cherry Heering, and 1/2 teaspoon Maraschino liqueur, with 2 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.