Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Arminio

Handel Operas 2009 As part of a complete cycle of Handel's operas, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Arminio, composed in 1736. Arminio is a German prince defending his country - and his wife Tusnelda - against the invading Romans. Our sympathies are divided, though: the Roman general Varo is as noble and heroic as Arminio himself. The villain is Tusnelda's treacherous father Segeste, ever-ready to betray his fellow Germans - even his own family - to the enemy. Handel: Arminio Arminio ...... Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) Tusnelda ...... Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Sigismondo, her brother ...... Dominique Labelle (soprano) Ramise, Arminio's sister ...... Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano) Varo ...... Luigi Petroni (tenor) Tullio, Roman captain ...... Sytse Buwalda (countertenor) Segeste ...... Riccardi Ristori (bass) Il Complesso Barocco Alan Curtis (conductor).