1.0OperaWirehttps://operawire.comOperaWirehttps://operawire.com/author/operawireediting/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FUU9DqUnhY"><a href="https://operawire.com/opera-meets-film-a-conversation-about-opera-essentias-new-film-of-handels-imeneo/">Opera Meets Film: A Conversation About Opera Essentia’s New Film Of Handel’s ‘Imeneo’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://operawire.com/opera-meets-film-a-conversation-about-opera-essentias-new-film-of-handels-imeneo/embed/#?secret=FUU9DqUnhY" width="600" height="338" title="“Opera Meets Film: A Conversation About Opera Essentia’s New Film Of Handel’s ‘Imeneo’” — OperaWire" data-secret="FUU9DqUnhY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://operawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Imeneo-graphic-subtitles.jpg20481152Performed among the foliage and resplendences of Campos Community Garden in New York City, one of a myriad of analogous respites, sanctuaries if you will, from the tyranny of cement and metal, the monotonous timbres and assaults of the urban soundscape, and the droning apathy and cold banality of inner-city dwelling, the caressing melodiousness of George F. Handel’s 41st opera, "Imeneo," were heard