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13/10/2016

Handel - Berenice

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert

Katie Derham presents a performance of Handel's opera Berenice from Gottingen.

Katie Derham presents a performance of Handel's opera Berenice given at the 2016 Gottingen International Handel Festival. With La Nuova Musica conducted by David Bates.

Katie Derham presents Handel's opera Berenice recorded earlier this year at the Göttingen International Handel Festival. 

Set in ancient Egypt, the many twists and turns in the plot reflect on love and duty. Queen Berenice is in love with Demetrio, who is in love with Berenice's sister, Selene. Alessandro loves the Queen who has been advised to make an alliance with Rome and marry him, but she's not having it, and orders him to be married to Selene. Demetrio is thrown in prison and the Queen threatens war on Rome, but the entanglements are gradually resolved.

Handel: Berenice - opera in 3 acts

Berenice... Mireille Asselin (soprano)
Selene...Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano)
Alessandro...Anat Edri (soprano)
Demetrio ...Michal Czerniawski (countertenor)
Arsace...Raffaele Pe (countertenor)
Fabio...Christopher Turner (bass)
Aristobolo...Timothy Dickinson (bass)
La Nuova Musica 
conductor David Bates.

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