Performance on 3 - Haydn Concerts - The Return of Tobias

Presented by Ian Skelly. Roger Norrington conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a performance of Haydn's The Return of Tobias. A smash hit when it was first performed in 1775, this Old Testament narrative of Tobias and his adventures includes entanglements with a sea monster and with the demon of lust, who has abducted and killed all seven bridegrooms whom his new wife, Sara, had previously married. Haydn: The Return of Tobias Rachel Nicholls, Lucy Crowe (soprano) Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Christopher Maltman (baritone) Joyful Company of Singers Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Roger Norrington (conductor).