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Handel's Orlando
Iestyn Davies & Academy of Ancient Music
Part of the Academy of Ancient Music 2023-24 | The Golden Anniversary Season
Add to my Calendar 30-06-2024 16:00 30-06-2024 18:00 36 Handel's Orlando Passion, magic and truly spectacular singing: Iestyn Davies stars, as Handel expert Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music perform Handel’s epic fantasy opera Orlando. Torn between love and glory, the warrior Orlando gives way to madness – and rampages through a world of lovers, sorcerers and all-powerful spirits. Handel’s 1733 opera is a true extravaganza, performed tonight by some of the world’s most brilliant living Handelians. Iestyn Davies is just one member of a virtuoso cast, supported by Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings – conducting his first Handel opera as AAM’s Music Director. Together, they’ll bring a beauty, an imagination and a verve worthy of one of Handel’s sublimest operatic achievements. ‘Utterly heavenly’ was how The Daily Telegraph described Davies in this role, and this is Handel as it was meant to be heard: performed with insight and real vocal brilliance. Barbican Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Barbican Hall
Silk Street
Barbican, City of London
London
EC2Y 8DS
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Orlando, HWV 31
Performers
Iestyn Davies – soloist
Rachel Redmond – soloist
Anna Dennis – soloist
Matthew Brook – soloist
Sophie Rennert – soloist
Laurence Cummings – director / harpsichord
Academy of Ancient Music
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Programme Note
Passion, magic and truly spectacular singing: Iestyn Davies stars, as Handel expert Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music perform Handel’s epic fantasy opera Orlando.
Torn between love and glory, the warrior Orlando gives way to madness – and rampages through a world of lovers, sorcerers and all-powerful spirits. Handel’s 1733 opera is a true extravaganza, performed tonight by some of the world’s most brilliant living Handelians.
Iestyn Davies is just one member of a virtuoso cast, supported by Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings – conducting his first Handel opera as AAM’s Music Director. Together, they’ll bring a beauty, an imagination and a verve worthy of one of Handel’s sublimest operatic achievements. ‘Utterly heavenly’ was how The Daily Telegraph described Davies in this role, and this is Handel as it was meant to be heard: performed with insight and real vocal brilliance.
