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Agrippina

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Opera in three acts
Music by Handel
Libretto by Vincenzo Grimani

(A performance given on 22 April by Kent Opera, made possible by Sainsbury's, staged at Sadler's Wells Theatre with support of Conoco)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Composer:
George Frideric Handel
Librettist:
Vincenzo Grimani
Singers:
Kent Opera Chorus
Musicians:
Kent Opera Baroque Orchestra
Lutenist:
Nigel North
Organist/Harpsichordist:
Celia Harper
Cellist:
Susan Sheppard
Conductor:
Ivan Fischer
Agrippina:
Felicity Palmer (soprano)
Nero:
Cynthia Buchan (mezzo-soprano)
Pallas:
Glyn Davenport (baritone)
Narcissus:
Christopher Robson (counter-tenor)
Lesbo:
Andrew Shore (baritone)
Otho:
Paul Esswood (counter-tenor)
Poppea:
Meryl Drower (soprano)
Claudius:
David Thomas (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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