Last year, Bath International Music Festival used the unique location of the 2000 year old Roman Baths as the setting for a Handel opera-extravaganza, for the first time since the 1960's. It proved such a hot ticket that they’ve decided to repeat the experience, but with a new twist…

Bath Camerata

Alcina Ensemble

Luke Green musical director/harpsichord

Richard Williams director

David Collis designer

Stephen Holroyd lighting designer

Mel Day prop maker

Handel's massive choral work Israel in Egypt offers a musical El Dorado - Italianate arias and duets, weighty double fugues, harmonic boldness and, above all, dramatically exhilarating choruses.

It's an epic story of Moses' fight against the Pharoah and the devastation wrought by increasingly terrible plagues - flies, frogs, locusts, hailstones, and the Nile turning to blood. Finally the tormented Israelites are led to freedom with the climactic parting of the Red Sea.

Ancient Rome will become ancient Egypt as musicians, actors and singers dramatise this spectacular Biblical oratorio.

£29 including a glass of champagne

Dinner and performance packages £65

Children's tickets £11

Concessions available

This is a standing event: running time approximately 1 hour

For tickets, please contact the Bath Festivals Box Office (01225 463362

Click below for a sample chorus: