Opera in three acts
Libretto by PAOLO ANTONIO
ROLLI, after Ortensio Mauro Music by Handel (sung in Italian)
The first version, as performed in the King's Theatre,
Haymarket in May 1726
LA PETITE BANDE conducted by SIGISWALD KUIJKEN
Set in north-west India in the time of Alexander the Great's invasion, the plot entangles fact and fantasy, love, war and politics. Act 1
(WDR recording)
8.30* Interval Reading
8.35* Act 2
9.55* Interval Reading
10.0* Act 3