Handel Operas 2009 Presented by Penny Gore. The series of Handel operas continues with the first two acts of Arianna in Creta - the classic story of a boy, a girl and a half-man/half-bull monster. Handel: Arianna in Creta (Acts 1 and 2) Arianna ...... Miah Persson (soprano) Alceste ...... Lisa Milne (soprano) Teseo ...... Kristina Hammarstrom (mezzo-soprano) Carilda ...... Sonia Prina (contralto) Tauride ...... Marina de Liso (mezzo-soprano) Minos ...... Antonio Abete (bass) Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood (conductor).