BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 04: Handel's Partenope - Act 1

Catherine Bott presents a concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian. Partenope is a dazzling comic parody of a typically convoluted plot, which only unravels when the supposed Prince of Armenia is challenged to fight bare-chested and is exposed as the disguised Rosmira, her challenger's abandoned fiancee. Handel: Partenope (Act 1) Cast (from Danish Opera) Partenope ...... Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Rosmira ...... Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Arsace ...... Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Armindo ...... Christophe Dumax (countertenor) Emilio ...... Bo Kristian Jensen (tenor) Ormonte ...... Palle Knudsen (bass) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor).