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Handel's Last Oratorios

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In the second of five programmes of oratorios from Handel's last decade,
Jane Glover introduces
Solomon, a portrait of a wise and just king ruling over an ideal state, first performed at Covent
Garden in March 1749.
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner
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Contributors

Introduces:
Jane Glover
Soloists:
John Eliot Gardiner
Solomon:
Carolyn Watkinson(contralto)
Solomon's Queen:
Nancy Argenta(soprano)
Queen o/Slieba:
Barbara Hendricks(soprano)
First harlot:
Joan Rodgers(soprano)
Second harlot:
Della Jones(mezzo)
Zadok:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson(tenor)
Levite:
Stephen Varcoe(bass)
Source: Radio Times

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