Rinaldo – Longborough Festival Opera
7:30 PM, Thursday 24 July, 2014Longborough Festival Opera
Longborough
Moreton-in-Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 0QF
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by George Frideric Handel
CONDUCTOR Jeremy Silver
DIRECTOR Jenny Miller
Rinaldo was Handel’s first London triumph, and includes the famous ‘Cara Sposa’ and ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’. Handel’s musical writing is bold, colourful and full of youthful energy. The story is a fantasy involving wizardry, volcanoes, mermaids and spectacular theatrical effects, with at its heart the young hero Rinaldo setting out to rescue his princess from evil forces- a baroque ‘Star Wars’. Conducted by well-established Jeremy Silver who recently conducted for English Touring Opera, and directed by Jenny Miller who recently directed LFO’s Magic Flute, the cast will include sparkling talent just graduated from the London music colleges.
Goffredo Martha Jones
Almirena Eloise Irving
Rinaldo Jake Arditti
Argante Nicholas Merryweather
Armida Rhiannon Llewellyn