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Admeto

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Opera in three acts by Handel.
Libretto adapted by Haym or Rolli from the Alcestis of Euripides
(sung in Italian: records) [Cast: see below]

Il Complesso Barocco
Continuo: Wouter Moeller (cello), Michael Eagan (lute), Alan Curtis and Bob van Asperen (harpsichords)

Act 1

(Stereo)

Contributors

Admeto, King of Thessaly:
Rene Jacobs (counter-tenor)
Alceste, his wife:
Rachel Yakar (soprano)
Ercole (Hercules):
Ulrik Cold (bass)
Orindo, a courtier:
Rita Dams (mezzo-sop)
Antigona, daughter of the King of Troy, disguised as Rosilda, a shepherdess:
Jill Gomez (soprano)
Meraspe, a Trojan elder, disguised as Fedalbe, a shepherd:
Max van Egmond (bar)
Prince Trasimede, Admento's brother:
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Voice of Apollo:
Ulrik Cold
Source: Radio Times

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