Handel Opera Cycle
In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed
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Admeto
Louise Fryer presents Il Complesso Barrocco under Alan Curtis in Handel's Admeto
Agrippina
John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists in Handel's Agrippina
Alcina
Jonathan Swain presents Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera
Alessandro
Handel's opera which tells the tale of Alexander the Great's advance into India
Almira - Queen of Castile
Andrew Lawrence-King conducts I Fiori Musicali in Handel's opera Almira, Queen of Castille
Arianna in Creta
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's Arianna in Creta
Ariodante
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Ariodante, starring Janet Baker
Deidamia
A work about the daughter of King Lycomedes of Skyros, who bore a child by Achilles
Ezio
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's forgotten masterpiece Ezio
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble under Marc Minkowski in Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Giustino
Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas continues with a performance of Giustino
Handel Opera Cycle
Ian Skelly presents Handel's Acis and Galatea, in conversation the conductor, John Butt.
Handel Opera Cycle
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's mythical 'opera seria' Amadigi di Gaula.
Handel Opera Cycle
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's opera Arminio.
Handel Opera Cycle
Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's opera Atalanta.
Handel Opera Cycle
Penny Gore presents a performance of Berenice, Queen of Egypt from 1994.
Handel Opera Cycle
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's opera Faramondo.
Handel Opera Cycle
Handel's Fernando, Re di Castiglia, featuring Lawrence Zazzo and Veronica Cangemiunder.
Handel Opera Cycle
Louise Fryer presents Handel's tragi-comic opera Flavio.
Handel Opera Cycle
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sings Elmira in Floridante.
Handel Opera Cycle
BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Hercules.
Handel Opera Cycle
The complete cycle of Handel operas reaches Imeneo, one of the composer's shortest.
Handel Opera Cycle
Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Lotario.
Handel Opera Cycle
Bononcini's Act 2 and Handel's Act 3 from the collaborative opera Muzio Scevola.
Handel Opera Cycle
With Penny Gore. BBC Radio 3's series of the complete Handel operas continues with Serse.
Handel Opera Cycle
Penny Gore introduces a performance of Handel's Silla, written in London in 1713.
Handel Opera Cycle
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's Teseo.
Il pastor fido
Denys Darlow conducts the London Handel Orchestra in Handel's Il pastor fido
Oreste
John Shea presents a performance of Handel's 'pasticcio' opera Oreste
Orlando
William Christie conducts a Orlando, an opera described as one of Handel's greates
Ottone, re di Germania
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's 1723 masterpiece Ottone, re di Germania
Partenope
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's witty and urbane comedy Partenope
Poro, re dell'Indie
Handel's opera about Alexander the Great's dealings with Porus, King of India
Radamisto
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan perform Radamisto
Riccardo Primo
Paul Goodwin conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Basel in a performance of Riccardo Primo
Rinaldo
Okko Kamu conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Handel's Rinaldo
Rodelinda
Alan Curtis conducts Il complesso barocco in a performance of Handel's Rodelinda
Rodrigo
Alan Curtis conducts Il Complesso Barocco in a performance of Handel's opera Rodrigo
Scipione
Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques in a performance of Handel's Scipione
Semele
Louise Fryer presents Semele, performed by the Early Opera Company
Siroe
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Siroe, an opera set in Ancient Persia in the 1720s
Tamerlano
The tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter
Tolomeo
Penny Gore presents Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty and deception