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Choir Works

BBC Radio 3
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Presented by Brian Wright. Alessandro Scarlatti
La Giuditta
London Baroque, director Charles Medlam
First performed in Naples in 1693, Scarlatti's oratorio sets the story of the Israelite heroine Judith, from the Apocrypha. She rallies her besieged people, and brings about the bloody downfall of the enemy commander, Holofernes, through her plot of sexual deception.
Producers Graham Dixon and Tim Thorne

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Wright.
Director:
Charles Medlam
Producers:
Graham Dixon
Producers:
Tim Thorne
Giuditta:
Nancy Argenta(sop)
Ozia:
Elizabeth Priday (sop)
Holofernes:
Michael Chance(countertenor)
Captain:
Nigel Rogers(tenor)
Priest:
Stephen Varcoe(bar)
Source: Radio Times

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