'RODELINDA'
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Nicola Haym
English version by David Harris
Music by Handel
Cast in order of singing:
Philomusica of London
(Leader, Granville Jones )
Conducted BY CHARLES FARNCOMBE
Thurston Dart
(harpsichord continuo)
Producer, Anthony Besch
From Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
The action takes place in Milan in the sixth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Rodelinda's apartments
Scene 2: A cypress grove, burial place of the kings of Lombardy
8.20 app. Interval
8.30 app. Acr 2
Scene 1: A throne room in the palace Scene 2: A garden near the palace Scene 3: Rodelinda's apartments
9.16 app. Interval
9.25 app. Act 3
Scene 1: A courtyard in the palace
Scene 2: A dungeon
Scene 3: The palace gardens