3/5. Donald Macleod recounts the story of some of Vivaldi's operatic successes.
Sinfonia: Ottone in Villa Brandenburg Consort, conductor Roy Goodman
Ottone in Villa, Act 2 Scenes 5 and 6 Sophie Daneman , Susan Gritton and Nancy Argenta (sopranos), Collegium Musicum 90, conductor Richard Hickox
Qual Favellar ? ... Andero, Volero, Gridero (L'Orlando Finto Pazzo)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), II Giardino Armonico , conductor Giovanni Antonini
Sinfonia: Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2 (Farnace) Sara Mingardo (contralto), Furio Zanasi (bass), Le Concert des Nations, conductor Jordi Savall Montezuma: Act 1 Scene 7 Brigitte Baileys
(mezzo), La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire
Se in Campo Armato (Catone in Utica)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Brandenburg Consort , conductor Roy Goodman
Repeated from Wednesday at 12 noon