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Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with a complete cycle of his operas

In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed

Handel Opera Cycle: Agrippina

Handel Opera Cycle: Agrippina: Act 3

23/01/2009

Act 3

Agrippina

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Agrippina, Act 3

With Act 3 of Handel's Agrippina, part of a complete cycle of the composer's operas.

Presented by Penny Gore. With Act 3 of Handel's Agrippina conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, part of a complete cycle of the composer's operas.

Presented by Penny Gore.

The conclusion of Handel's masterpiece Agrippina, part of a complete cycle of the composer's operas.

Handel: Agrippina, Act 3

Agrippina ...... Della Jones (soprano)
Claudius, her second husband and Emperor of Rome ...... Alastair Miles (bass)
Nero, her son ...... Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Poppea, everybody's mistress ...... Donna Brown (soprano)
Otho, army commander ...... Michael Chance (countertenor)
Pallas, Agrippina's sidekick ...... George Mosley (bass)
Narcissus, Agrippina's other sidekick ...... Jonathan Peter Kenny (countertenor)
Lesbus, Claudius' servant ...... Julian Clarkson (bass)
Juno, the goddess ...... Anne Sofie von Otter (alto)
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
English Baroque Soloists.

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John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists in Handel's Agrippina

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists in a performance of Handel's Agrippina, a work that creates a cynical picture of political wheeling and dealing in ancient Rome

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