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Flavio

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The first UK broadcast of Handel's opera of 1723. The work deals with the conflict between the State and the ruling passions of the heart, and combines tragedy and comedy with vocal virtuosity.
(sung in Italian) Ensemble 415 conductor Rene Jacobs

Contributors

Flavio, King of Lombardy and England:
Jeffrey Gall
Ugone, his counsellor Gianpaolo Fagotto (tenor) Guido, Ugone's son:
Derek Lee Ragin
Teodata, Ugone's daughter:
Bernarda Fink
Vitige, her secret lover:
Christina Hogman
Lotario, another counsellor:
Ulrich Messthaler (bass)
Emilia, his daughter, engaged to Guido:
Lena Lootens (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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