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Ariodante

BBC Radio 3
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An opera seria in three acts
Libretto by ANTONIO SALVI from an episode in ARIOSTO'S Orlando Furioso
Music by Handel
Nymphs, shepherds, courtiers TURIN CHORUS AND SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO chorus-master
RUGGIERO MACHINI
HENRY WARD
(harpsichord continuo) conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD Act 1 Sc 1: The royal cabinet; Sc 2: The royal gardens; Sc 3: A room in the palace; Sc 4: A beautiful valley.

Contributors

Unknown:
Antonio Salvi
Chorus-Master:
Ruggiero MacHini
Harpsichord:
Henry Ward
Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard
The King of Scotland:
Sesto Bruscantini (bass)
Ginevra his daughter:
Margherita Rinaldi (soprano)
Dalinda, her confidante:
Emilia Ravaglia (soprano)
Ariodante, a prince, betrothed to Ginevra:
Patricia Kern (mezzo-Sop)
Lurcanio, his brother, in love with Dalinda:
Werner Krenn (tenor)
Polinesso, Duke of Albania:
James Bowman (counter-Tenor)
Odoardo, a knight:
Nicola Tagger (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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