Almira, Königin von Castilien

Harpsichordist and scholar Jennifer Peterson leads her intrepid company Operamission in what is billed as the North American professional stage premiere of the first opera by 18th-century showman extraordinaire George Frideric Handel. Christy Lombardozzi, Michael Weyandt, Keith Jameson and Nell Snaidas head a promising cast; Jeff Caldwell directs.