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Opera on 3: Handel's Agrippina

Handel's Agrippina

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Handel's Agrippina

Joyce DiDonato stars as Handel's antiheroine at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Handel's opera, Agrippina, starring Joyce DiDonato accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Maxim Emelyanychev from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Handel's early masterpiece, Agrippina, is a gripping drama of high politics and low deceit set to some of the composer's most ravishing music. Agrippina is the first in a long line of fascinating female characters that Handel portrays with acute psychological depth, portraying both her magnetic charm and steely ambition. In this production by Barrie Kosky from the Roya Opera House, Covent Garden, Joyce DiDonato heads a cast of leading Handelian singers accompanied by The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Maxim Emelyanychev.

Presented by James Naughtie with guest Elin Manahan Thomas

Agrippina.....Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo-soprano)
Nerone.....Franco Fagioli (Countertenor)
Poppea.....Lucy Crowe (Soprano)
Ottone.....Iestyn Davies (Countertenor)
Claudio.....Gianluca Buratto (Bass)
Pallante.....Andrea Mastroni (Bass)
Narciso.....Eric Jurenas (Countetenor)
Lesbo.....Jose Coca Loza (Bass)
Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment
Maxim Emelyanychev (Conductor)

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