Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl star in Handel's glorious opera, which brings to an end this year's Met broadcast season.
Rodelinda, Queen of the Lombards, is held captive by Grimoaldo. Believing her husband Bertarido to be dead, she spurns the advances of her captor. Bertarido and Grimoaldo's jilted lover, Eduige, plot to resolve the situation.
Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Patrick Summers Act 1

6.35 Interval: Celebrity, Scandal and Opera Genius - Handel's Rodelinda and the Royal Academy The premiere, in London, of Handel's Rodelinda in 1725 brought together two of the age's most celebrated divas - the castrato Senesio and the soprano Cuzzoni - and egos, salaries and scandal created as much interest as the opera. Derek Alsop investigates this lucrative and competitive world and discovers the musical reasons for Rodelinda becoming such an instant and continuing favourite.

7.05 Act 2

8.10 Interval: The Quare Fellow
Marie-Louise Muir remembers Joan Littlewood's production of Brendan Behan 's play The Quare Fellow, which, 50 years ago, introduced the playwright to the wider world.

8.35 Act 3

RT DIRECT: A recording (3 CDs) of Handel's Rodelinda, starring Sophie Daneman and Daniel Taylor , and featuring the Raglan Barogue Players, is available for E29 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit [web address removed]. Quote ref: [number removed]