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Rodelinda

on BBC Radio 3

Opera in three acts Music by Handel Libretto by NICOLA HAYM English version by JOCELYN POWELL
The Welsh National Opera production direct from the Everyman Theatre,
Cheltenham Rodelinda is widely recognised as one of Handel's supreme masterpieces, and was the opera that launched the modern Handel revival. It tells of the passionate love of Rodelinda and Bertarido who are deprived of each other and their throne by the tyrant Grimoaldo.
Least in order of singing:
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera led by ANTHONY TARLTON conductor and harpsichord continuo Julian Smith
The action is set in and around the royal palace of Milan Act 1
8.35* Interval Reading
8.50* Rodelinda Act 2
9.45* Interval Reading
10.0' Rodelinda Act 3
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Contributors

Music By:
Handel Libretto
Unknown:
Jocelyn Powell
Unknown:
Cheltenham Rodelinda
Conductor:
Anthony Tarlton

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