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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: Giustino

Handel Opera Cycle: Giustino: Episode 2: Giustino (Act 3)

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Episode 2: Giustino (Act 3)

Giustino

Giustino (Act 3)

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Giustino, Giustino (Act 3)

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Giustino, featuring Michael Chance.

As part of the complete cycle of Handel operas, Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Giustino, starring countertenor Michael Chance and soprano Dorothea Roschmann.

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Giustino, which concludes with the metoric rise of the peasant Giustino. He has captured and imprisoned the rebel Vitaliano, but the final act opens with Vitaliano's escape from prison.

Handel: Giustino (Act 3)

Giustino ...... Michael Chance (countertenor) 
Arianna ...... Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) 
Anastasio ...... Dawn Kotoski (soprano)
Leocasta ...... Jennifer Lane (contralto) 
Vitaliano ...... Mark Padmore (tenor) 
Amanzio ...... Drew Minter (countertenor)
Fortuna ...... Juliana Gondek (soprano)  
Polidarte ...... Dean Ely (bass-baritone)
Halle Cantamus Chorus
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (conductor).

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Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas continues with a performance of Giustino

Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas continues with Giustino, the story of a peasant's rise of the rank of emperor. It was composed for the 1736-37 Covent Garden season

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