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Composers of the Week: Forgotten Giants of 18th-Century Opera

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// Caro Sassone
Johann Adolf Hasse was one of the 18th century's most widely admired masters of Italian serious opera, despite being a German.
Paul Guinery introduces highlights of his drama Cleofide, in a performance in which William Christie conducts
Capella Coloniensis , with Emma Kirkby in the title role, Derek Lee Ragin as the jealous King Poros, Randall K Wong as his friend
Gandartes, Agnes Mellon as his sister Eryxene, and Dominique Visse as Alexander the Great.
Repeated from last Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Caro Sassone
Unknown:
Johann Adolf Hasse
Introduces:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
William Christie
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Capella Coloniensis
Unknown:
Emma Kirkby
Unknown:
Derek Lee
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Randall K Wong
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Agnes Mellon
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Dominique Visse
Source: Radio Times

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