An educational programme featuring early music. Today, the second edition of the Highlights from Georg Frideric Handel’s operas.
Besides many oratorios, Handel also composed a large number of operas. In these series we will always play a selection of the most beautiful arias from these operas. This time, we will feature highlights from ‘Scipione’ (1726).
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
SCIPIONE (three-act opera)
- Overture
2. Un caro amante (Berinice)
3. Lamentandomi corro (Lucejo)
4. Dolci Aurette (Berinice)
5. Pensa Oh Bella (Scipione)
6. Parto Fuggo (Lucejo)
7. Com’onda incalza (Berinice)
8. Se mormora (Luceja)
9. Del debelar la Gloria (Lelio)
10. Coro final – Faranno gioia intera
Scipione: Derek Lee Ragin, alto. Berenice: Sandrine Piau, soprano. Lucejo: Doris Lamprecht, mezzo-soprano. Ernando: Olivier Lallouette, baritone. Armira: Vanda Tabery, soprano. Lelio: Guy Flechter, tenor. Les Talens Lyriques conducted by Christophe Rousset
(FNAC music 1994)