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23/09/2017

Cavalli: Hipermestra

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Cavalli: Hipermestra

Cavalli's Hipermestra from the Glyndebourne Festival, conducted by William Christie.

Christopher Cook presents Cavalli's little-known opera Hipermestra from 2017's Glyndebourne Festival, in an edition prepared by William Christie and staged by Graham Vick.

A rare chance to hear Cavalli's little-known opera Hipermestra from this year's Glyndebourne Festival Opera, in an edition prepared by William Christie and staged by Graham Vick. Danao, King of Argos has been told by a prophet that he will be killed by his own nephew. His solution - to marry off his fifty daughters to his brother's fifty sons, and instruct his daughters to kill their grooms on their wedding night. Unfortunately for him, his daughter Hipermestra falls in love with her husband Linceo, and refuses to carry out her father's plan.

Christopher Cook is joined in the box by opera historian Sarah Lenton to talk about the history of the work, and also talks to William Christie about what needed to be done to bring it to the stage. 

Hipermestra.....Emoke Barath (soprano)
Linceo.....Raffaele Pe (countertenor)
Arbante.....Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Elisa.....Ana Quintans (soprano)
Berenice.....Mark Wilde (tenor)
Danao.....Renato Dolcini (baritone)
Vafrino.....Anthony Gregory (tenor)
Arsace.....David Webb (tenor)
Alindo/Delmiro.....Alessandro Fisher (tenor)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
William Christie (conductor).

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