Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Xerxes: George Frideric Handel (1988) Rating: Starring: Christopher Booth-Jones, Lesley Garrett, Rodney Macann, Valerie Masterson, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Christopher Robson Director: Nicholas Hytner Category: Music, Special Interest Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 186 mins     Opera In Three Acts.Sung In English. Nicholas Hytner's highly innovative production of Handel's comic opera won the coveted Laurence Olivier Opera Award.This live recording from the English National Opera stars Ann Murray as Xerxes, whose love for Romilda (Valerie Masterson) sets off a series of intrigues. Designer David Fielding adds stunning and surreal images to create his stylish eighteenth century settings in the London pleasure gardens at Vauxhall.Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the English National Opera Orchestra in an edition prepared by himself.