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BBC Proms: 2011: Prom 55

BBC Proms: 2011: Prom 55: Part 1: Handel's Rinaldo - Act 1

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Handel's Rinaldo - Act 1

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 1 of a new semi-staged production of Handel's Rinaldo.

From the Royal Albert Hall, Martin Handley presents Glyndebourne Festival Opera's annual Proms visit. Featuring Act 1 of a new semi-staged production of Handel's opera Rinaldo.

BBC PROMS 2011

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual visit to the Proms with a new production of Handel's Rinaldo. Handel sets the action in the first Crusade, giving ample opportunity for battle scenes, a love story, abduction, magic, disguise and ultimately, a gracious conquering hero. For Handel this was his first opera written for the London stage, so he was out to impress, filling it with vivid, exciting and poignant arias, including the famous 'Lascia ch'io pianga'. 

The young knight Rinaldo is in love with Almirena, daughter of Goffredo, the leader of the Crusade. They are laying seige to the Saracens in Jerusalem, who are led by Argante. Argante's lover Armida is a powerful sorceress, and she attacks Rinaldo's forces and abducts Almirena. 

The period performance specialist Ottavio Dantone directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a superb cast including Sonia Prina in the title role. 

Handel: Rinaldo (semi-staged; sung in Italian) Act I

Sonia Prina (Rinaldo)
Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo)
Annett Fritsch (Almirena)
Brenda Rae (Armida)
Luca Pisaroni (Argante)
Tim Mead (Eustazio)
William Towers (A Christian Magician)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ottavio Dantone (director).

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Martin Handley presents Glyndebourne Festival Opera performing Handel's opera Rinaldo

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Martin Handley presents Glyndebourne Festival Opera's annual Proms visit, which features a new semi-staged production of Handel's Rinaldo

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