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Handel Opera Cycle

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Penny Gore continues the Handel Opera Cycle with Tolomeo - a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty pitted against deposition, deception and disguise, set in sunny Cyprus. Countertenor Jonathan Peter Kenny joins Penny live in the studio. Plus another quartet from Haydn's ground-breaking Opus 33 set.

Handel Tolomeo: Acts 1 and 2 - Halle Handel Festival Orchestra, conductor Howard Arman

(Act 3 is at 2.30pm tomorrow)

4.25 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 33 No 5 - Ysaye Quartet

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore
Guest:
Jonathan Peter Kenny
Musicians:
Handel Festival Orchestra
Conductor:
Howard Arman
Tolomeo, banished ruler of Egypt:
Axel Kohler (countertenor)
Seleuce, wife of Tolomeo:
Linda Perillo (soprano)
Araspe King of Cyprus:
Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass)
Elisa, sister of Araspe:
Romelia Lichtenstein (mezzo)
Alessandro, younger brother of Tolomeo:
Jennifer Lane (mezzo)
Musicians:
Ysaye Quartet
Source: Radio Times

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