Handel Opera Cycle
In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed
Handel Opera Cycle - Acis and Galatea
Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's Acis and Galatea, in conversation with the conductor of this new recording, John Butt. Part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Admeto
Louise Fryer presents Il Complesso Barrocco under Alan Curtis in a performance of Handel's Admeto, the last to be staged in the composer's lifetime
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Handel Opera Cycle - Agrippina
John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists in a performance of Handel's Agrippina, a work that creates a cynical picture of political wheeling and dealing in ancient Rome
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Handel Opera Cycle - Alcina
Jonathan Swain presents Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera. Arleen Auger stars as Alcina in a recording which is still among the best of all Handel opera discs
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Handel Opera Cycle - Alessandro
Radio 3's cycle of Handel's operas continues with his tale of Alexander the Great's advance into India. After he capture one of its cities, the Macedonian king becomes embroiled in a love triangle
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Handel Opera Cycle - Almira - Queen of Castile
Andrew Lawrence-King conducts I Fiori Musicali in a performance of Handel's opera Almira, Queen of Castille, to mark the 250th anniversary in 2009 of the composer's death
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Handel Opera Cycle - Amadigi di Gaula
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's mythical 'opera seria' Amadigi di Gaula, featured as part of a complete Radio 3 cycle of his operas.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Arianna in Creta
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's Arianna in Creta - the classic story of a boy, a girl and a half-man/half-bull monster
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Handel Opera Cycle - Ariodante
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Ariodante, a work featuring joy and deep despair, love, hatred and revenge, set to some of the greatest music Handel ever wrote
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Handel Opera Cycle - Arminio
As part of the complete cycle of Handel's operas, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Arminio, composed in 1736. Starring mezzo Vivica Genaux and soprano Geraldine McGreevy.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Atalanta (Acts 1 and 2)
Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's Atalanta, composed in 1736 for the wedding of Prince Frederick of Wales. Nicholas McGegan directs soprano Dominique Labelle.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Berenice, Queen of Egypt
Penny Gore presents a performance of Berenice, Queen of Egypt, with Rudolph Palmer conducting the Brewer Chamber Orchestra in a recording from 1994.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Deidamia
The last opera Handel wrote for the London stage before concentrating on oratorios. It tells the story of the mythical daughter of King Lycomedes of Skyros, who bore a child by Achilles
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Handel Opera Cycle - Ezio
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's forgotten masterpiece Ezio
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Handel Opera Cycle - Faramondo
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's Faramondo. Another of the composer's neglected operas, it is a complex web of warring factions and mistaken identity.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Fernando, Re di Castiglia
A complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Fernando, Re di Castiglia, featuring countertenor Lawrence Zazzo and soprano Veronica Cangemi.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Flavio
Louise Fryer presents Handel's Flavio, a tragi-comedy focusing on the politics and love triangles surrounding two families in the Royal court of Lombardy.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Floridante
Presented by Penny Gore. Her guest is American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, who sings Elmira in Floridante. Alan Curtis conducts.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Marc Minkowski conducts Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble in a performance of Handel's most popular opera, Giulio Cesare in Egitto
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Handel Opera Cycle - Giustino
Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas continues with Giustino, the story of a peasant's rise of the rank of emperor. It was composed for the 1736-37 Covent Garden season
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Handel Opera Cycle - Hercules
Presented by Penny Gore. The Handel opera series continues with a performance of Hercules, featuring bass-baritone Gidon Saks and soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Il pastor fido
Denys Darlow conducts the London Handel Orchestra in a performance of Handel's pastoral opera Il pastor fido
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Handel Opera Cycle - Imeneo
The Handel Opera Cycle reaches Imeneo, one of Handel's shortest operas and a little-known gem. Andreas Spering conducts the Cologne Vocal Ensemble and Capella Augustina.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Lotario
A complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Lotario, featuring contralto Sara Mingardo, soprano Simone Kermes and Il Complesso Barocco under Alan Curtis.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Muzio Scevola - Acts 2 and 3
Louise Fryer presents Bononcini's Act 2 and Handel's Act 3 from the collaborative opera Muzio Scevola. Part of 2009's complete cycle of Handel's operas.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Oreste
John Shea presents a performance of Handel's Oreste, a pastiche, compiled by the composer from his earlier works. Mezzo Mary-Ellen Nesi and soprano Maria Mitsopoulou lead the cast
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Handel Opera Cycle - Orlando
William Christie conducts a performance of Orlando, an opera described as one of Handel's greatest. Patricia Bardon plays the hero who goes mad from unrequited love
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Handel Opera Cycle - Ottone, re di Germania
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's 1723 masterpiece Ottone, re di Germania, one of the composer's most popular Italian operas. Includes conversation with the star, countertenor James Bowman
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Handel Opera Cycle - Partenope
Penny Gore presents Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques in a performance of Handel's witty and urbane comedy Partenope
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Handel Opera Cycle - Poro, re dell'Indie
Handel's opera telling the story of Alexander the Great's dealings with Porus, King of India. Presented By Penny Gore, in conversation with Graham Cummings
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Handel Opera Cycle - Radamisto
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan perform Radamisto, the first opera Handel wrote for the new Royal Academy of Music
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Handel Opera Cycle - Riccardo Primo
Paul Goodwin conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Basel in a performance of Riccardo Primo, which tells the story of Richard the Lionheart and his conquest of the island of Cyprus
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Handel Opera Cycle - Rinaldo
Okko Kamu conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Handel's Rinaldo, the first of nearly 40 operas the composer wrote for London
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Handel Opera Cycle - Rodelinda
Alan Curtis conducts Il complesso barocco in a performance of Handel's Rodelinda
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Handel Opera Cycle - Rodrigo
Alan Curtis conducts Il Complesso Barocco in a performance of Handel's second surviving opera, Rodrigo
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Handel Opera Cycle - Scipione
Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques in a performance of Handel's Scipione, the story of a conquering Roman general
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Handel Opera Cycle - Semele
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's opera Semele, which tells the story of the beautiful daughter of Cadmus and her ill-fated love affair with Jupiter, king of the gods
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Handel Opera Cycle - Serse
Presented by Penny Gore. Radio 3's series of the complete Handel operas continues with Serse - a convoluted love intrigue set in the ancient world.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Silla
Penny Gore introduces a performance of Handel's Silla, written in London in 1713, and featured as part of a complete Radio 3 cycle of his operas.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Siroe
As part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Siroe, a work set in Ancient Persia in the 1720s
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Handel Opera Cycle - Tamerlano
Penny Gore presents the tragic tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter, captured by the vicious Tartar Emperor Tamerlano
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Handel Opera Cycle - Teseo
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's Teseo, as part of Afternoon on 3's complete cycle of Handel operas.
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Handel Opera Cycle - Tolomeo
As part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle, Penny Gore presents Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty, deposition, deception and disguise. With countertenor Axel Kohler
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