Opera seria in three acts. Libretto by NICOLA haym. after Tacitus.
Music by Handel (Sung in Italian)
The original version was performed in April 1720. In a complex story of dynastic intrigue, Tiridate is passionately in love with his sister-in-law
Zenobia and wages war to take her. Rather than submit, she begs her husband Radamisto to kill her. He vows vengeance and after many setbacks regains both his wife and his kingdom. Cast
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader JOSÉ-LUIS GÁRCIA Continuo:
MICHAEL LEWIN (arch-lute) ROBIN JEFFREY (arch-lute and theorbo)
OLGA HEGEDUS (cello)
CELIA HARPER (harpsichord) conducted by ROGER NORRINGTON
Italian coach GWYN MORRIS Technical presentation JAMES HAMILTON
Tape editor phujp BURWELL Producer CLIVE BENNETT Act 1