Prom 55: Handel 鈥撀燫inaldo

25 Aug 2011, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Thu 25 Aug 2011 Next Event

Proms 2011 Prom 55: Handel 鈥撀燫inaldo

19:00 Thu 25 Aug 2011 Royal Albert Hall

Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual Proms visit with Rinaldo, the latest in the company鈥檚 distinguished line of Handel stagings.

Programme

- - George Frideric Handel
  - Rinaldo(140 mins)(semi-staged; sung in Italian)

Performers

Sonia Prina
contralto (Rinaldo)
contralto (Rinaldo)
Varduhi Abrahamyan
mezzo-soprano (Goffredo)
mezzo-soprano (Goffredo)
Tim Mead
counter-tenor (Eustazio)
counter-tenor (Eustazio)
Anett Fritsch
soprano (Almirena)
soprano (Almirena)
Brenda Rae
soprano (Armida)
soprano (Armida)
Luca Pisaroni
bass-baritone (Argante)
bass-baritone (Argante)
William Towers
counter-tenor (A Christian Magician)
counter-tenor (A Christian Magician)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ottavio Dantone
conductor
conductor

Composers

George Frideric Handel

About this event

Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual Proms visit with Robert Carsen's new production of Rinaldo, the latest in the company's distinguished line of Handel stagings, not least the sensational Julius Caesar also seen at the Proms in 2005.

Rinaldo is the work with which Handel made his London debut (exactly 300 years ago), an Italian opera set during the First Crusade. Out to impress, the composer assembled a score of great vitality and colour.

Period-music specialist Ottavio Dantone conducts a strong cast led by Sonia Prina in the title-role of the heroic crusader with Sandrine Piau as his beloved Almirena.

There will be two intervals of 20 minutes