George Frideric Händel (1685 - 1759)
"The story of love, battle and redemption"
Opera Rinaldo, HWV7
Dramma per musica in tre atti
Libretto: Giacomo Rossi
The first performance at the Queen's Theatre in London's Haymarket, on 24 February 1711.
Aria: 'Venti, turbini'
Venti, turbini, prestate
le vostre ali a questo pie,
Cieli, num, il braccio armate
contro chi pena mi die.
Rinaldo: Franco Fagioli, (countertenor)
Performers:
Zefira Valova (Violin I & Concertmaster)
Violin I: Anna Melkonyan, Heriberto Delgado, Daniela Nuzzoli
Violin ll: Esther Crazzolara, Maria Grokhotova, Paolo Cantamessa, Barbara Altobello
Viola: Giulio D'Alessio, Isabella Bison
Cello: Felix Knecht, Ludovico Minasi
Bass: Nicola Dal Maso
Oboes: Roberto de Francheschi, Olga Marulanda
Bassoons: Alberto Guerra, Stefano Sopranzi
Zefira Valova, violin & director
Il Pomo d'Oro
[on period instruments]
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Artwork: Morning In Castellemmare by Claude-Joseph Vernet