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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Faramondo

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Handel Operas 2009 As part of BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Faramondo. Another of the composer's neglected operas, it is a complex web of warring factions and mistaken identity and was written for the greatest singers of the age. Handel: Faramondo Faramondo ...... Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) Adolfo ...... Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Clotide ...... Sophie Karthauser (soprano) Rosimonda ...... Marina de Liso (mezzo-soprano) Gustavo ...... In-Sung Sim Gernando ...... Xavier Sabata Teobaldo ...... Fulvio Bettini Childerico ...... Terry Wey Swiss Radio Choir I Barocchisti Diego Fasolis (conductor).