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Afternoon Concert: Handel: Faramondo

Handel: Faramondo

19/11/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Handel: Faramondo

Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's opera Faramondo.

Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's Faramondo. Another of the composer's neglected operas, it is a complex web of warring factions and mistaken identity.

Handel Operas 2009

As part of BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Faramondo. Another of the composer's neglected operas, it is a complex web of warring factions and mistaken identity and was written for the greatest singers of the age.

Handel: Faramondo

Faramondo ...... Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Adolfo ...... Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Clotide ...... Sophie Karthauser (soprano)
Rosimonda ...... Marina de Liso (mezzo-soprano)
Gustavo ...... In-Sung Sim
Gernando ...... Xavier Sabata
Teobaldo ...... Fulvio Bettini
Childerico ...... Terry Wey
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Diego Fasolis (conductor).

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