Handel Opera Cycle Series

1. Admeto

   Louise Fryer presents Il Complesso Barrocco under Alan Curtis in Handel's Admeto

   

2. Agrippina

   John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists in Handel's Agrippina

   

3. Alcina

   Jonathan Swain presents Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera

   

4. Alessandro

   Handel's opera which tells the tale of Alexander the Great's advance into India

   

5. Almira - Queen of Castile

   Andrew Lawrence-King conducts I Fiori Musicali in Handel's opera Almira, Queen of Castille

   

6. Arianna in Creta

   Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's Arianna in Creta

   

7. Ariodante

   Louise Fryer presents a performance of Ariodante, starring Janet Baker

   

8. Deidamia

   A work about the daughter of King Lycomedes of Skyros, who bore a child by Achilles

   

9. Ezio

   Louise Fryer presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's forgotten masterpiece Ezio

   

10. Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble under Marc Minkowski in Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    

11. Giustino

    Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas continues with a performance of Giustino

    

12. Il pastor fido

    Denys Darlow conducts the London Handel Orchestra in Handel's Il pastor fido

    

13. Oreste

    John Shea presents a performance of Handel's 'pasticcio' opera Oreste

    

14. Orlando

    William Christie conducts a Orlando, an opera described as one of Handel's greates

    

15. Ottone, re di Germania

    Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's 1723 masterpiece Ottone, re di Germania

    

16. Partenope

    Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's witty and urbane comedy Partenope

    

17. Poro, re dell'Indie

    Handel's opera about Alexander the Great's dealings with Porus, King of India

    

18. Radamisto

    The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan perform Radamisto

    

19. Riccardo Primo

    Paul Goodwin conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Basel in a performance of Riccardo Primo

    

20. Rinaldo

    Okko Kamu conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Handel's Rinaldo

    

21. Rodelinda

    Alan Curtis conducts Il complesso barocco in a performance of Handel's Rodelinda

    

22. Rodrigo

    Alan Curtis conducts Il Complesso Barocco in a performance of Handel's opera Rodrigo

    

23. Scipione

    Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques in a performance of Handel's Scipione

    

24. Semele

    Louise Fryer presents Semele, performed by the Early Opera Company

    

25. Siroe

    Louise Fryer presents a performance of Siroe, an opera set in Ancient Persia in the 1720s

    

26. Tamerlano

    The tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter

    

27. Tolomeo

    Penny Gore presents Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty and deception