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Last broadcast on Fri, 13 Mar 2009, 14:00 on BBC Radio 3.
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Handel Operas 2009: Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Radamisto. Plus Classic Relief: A special concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London, to raise money for Comic Relief.
Details of Handel's Radamisto (Act 3) performance
Radamisto, Prince of Thrace ...... Ralf Popken (countertenor)
Zenobia, his wife ...... Juliana Gondek (soprano)
Polissena, his sister ...... Lisa Saffer (soprano)
Tigrane, Prince of Pontus ...... Dana Hanchard (soprano)
Tiridate, King of Armenia ...... Michael Dean (bass-baritone)
Fraarte, Tiridate's brother ...... Monika Frimmer (soprano)
Farasmane, Radamisto's father ...... Nicolas Cavallier (bass)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
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Show description
For the first hour Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Radamisto as part of the Radio 'Handel Operas 2009' Season. Radamisto was the first opera Handel wrote for the new Royal Academy of Music - not a music college like the present-day Academy, but an opera company financed by the upper classes out of their own pockets. Handel was appointed 'Master of the Orchester with a Sallary' and relished the chance to work with the top Italian singers the Academy engaged - including, for the first time in Radamisto, the famous castrato Senesino in the title role.
The second hour features Classic Relief, a special concert given at the Royal Festival Hall in London, in which classical stars and the Philharmonia Orchestra present a programme of laughter and great music to raise money for Comic Relief. This performance was filmed for Radio 3.
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Fri 13 Mar 200914:00
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