Handel Opera Cycle - Almira - Queen of Castile - Acts 1 and 2

Presented by Jonathan Swain. A performance of Handel's opera Almira, Queen of Castille, to mark the 250th anniversary in 2009 of the composer's death. Handel: Almira, Queen of Castille - Acts 1 and 2 Almira ...... Ann Monoyios (soprano) Edilia, princess in love with Osman ...... Patricia Rozario (soprano) Bellante, another princess in love with Osman ...... Linda Gerrard (soprano) Consalvo, Prince of Segovia/Asia ...... David Thomas (bass) Osman, his son/Africa ...... Douglas Nasrawi (tenor) Fernando, her secretary/Europe ...... Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Raymondo, King of Mauritania ...... Olaf Haye (bass) Tabarco/Folly ...... Christian Elsner (tenor) Fiori Musicali Andrew Lawrence-King (director).