The Final of the International Singing Competition remains one of the highlights of the London Handel Festival.
Internationally acclaimed soprano Danielle de Niese hosts this Gala Final and celebration of young talent. Finalists will perform an 18-20 minute programme of all-Handel arias with the London Handel Orchestra and LHF Musical Director Laurence Cummings.
Judges: Oliver Mears (Artistic Director of the Royal Opera House), Jo Buckley (CEO of Dunedin Consort), Lucy Crowe (Soprano), Toks Dada (Southbank Head of Music) and Christian Curnyn (Conductor).
Presenter: Danielle de Niese
Conductor: Laurence Cummings
London Handel Orchestra
Finalists
Laura Perešivana soprano
Harriet Burns soprano
Florian Störtz bass-baritone
Timothy Edlin bass-baritone
Repertoire
Harriet Burns
O had I Jubal’s lyre Joshua
Ti pentirai, crudel Amadigi di Gaula
Pure del cielo … Tu del ciel ministro eletto Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Il primo ardor Ariodante
Timothy Edlin
Sorge infausta una procella Orlando
Lascia amor, e siegue Marte Orlando
Invide sorte avara Ariodante
Nel mondo e nell’abisso Tamerlano
Laura Perešivana
Morirò, ma vendicata Teseo
With darkness deep, as is my woe Theodora
Da tempeste il legno infranto Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Florian Störtz
Arm, arm ye brave Judas Maccabaeus
Come rosa in su la spina Apollo e Dafne
Mein Vater! Brockes Passion
Sorge infausta una procella Orlando