The English National Opera first mounted David Alden's production of Ariodante, one of Handel's greatest masterpieces, in 1993. It met with unanimous critical and popular acclaim, and this 1996 revival features many of the leading singers from the original production. Ariodante is Handel's 1735 setting of an episode from Ariosto, in which the King of Scotland's daughter is treacherously accused of infidelity to her promised husband. The range of feelings provoked as the characters develop is caught in music of quite extraordinary emotional power, even by Handel's own exalted standards.
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Gwynne Howell
King of Scotland
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Tosca
Falstaff
Joan Rodgers
Ginevra
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Sea of Dreams
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Kriss Russman
Antonio Salvi
Ian MacNeil
Ann Murray
Ariodante
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Don Giovanni
Amanda Holden
Paul Nilon
Lurcanio
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Rodelinda
Ermione
Georg Friedrich Händel
Christopher Robson
Polinesso
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Rodelinda
Paul Holman
Lesley Garrett
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David Alden Director · Kriss Russman Director Antonio Salvi Writer
United States release January 1, 1996 · Production Arte, RM Arts
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NHK
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Arte
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RM Arts
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English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1996
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