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Vivaldi's Bajazet

Sean Rafferty presents the first opera by Vivaldi performed at the Royal Opera House in London, a co-production with Irish National Opera featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra.

Sean Rafferty presents the first opera by Vivaldi ever performed at the Royal Opera House in London, a co-production with Irish National Opera featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra and their artistic director Peter Whelan, with stage direction by Adele Thomas. The brutal conqueror Tamerlano has crushed the Ottoman Emperor Bajazet and imprisoned him in his own palace. But now Tamerlano has fallen for Bajazet's traumatised daughter Asteria - to the horror of both Asteria's admirer, the Greek Prince Andronico, and Tamerlano's intended bride Irene, Princess of Trebizond.

Bajazet .... Gianluca Margheri (bass-baritone)
Tamerlano ..... Francesco Giusti (countertenor)
Asteria ..... Niamh O鈥橲ullivan (mezzo-soprano)
Andronico ..... Eric Jurenas (countertenor)
Irene ..... Claire Booth (soprano)
Idaspe ..... Aoife Miskelly (soprano)
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Conductor Peter Whelan

Image: 漏 ROH

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 26 Feb 2022 18:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bajazet, Act 1

    Singer: Gianluca Margheri. Singer: Francesco Giusti. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Singer: Eric Jurenas. Singer: Claire Booth. Singer: Aoife Miskelly. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bajazet, Act 2

    Singer: Gianluca Margheri. Singer: Francesco Giusti. Singer: Francesco Giusti. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Singer: Eric Jurenas. Singer: Eric Jurenas. Singer: Eric Jurenas. Singer: Claire Booth. Singer: Aoife Miskelly. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bajazet, Act 3

    Singer: Gianluca Margheri. Singer: Francesco Giusti. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Singer: Eric Jurenas. Singer: Claire Booth. Singer: Aoife Miskelly. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122

    Singer: Callum Thorpe. Singer: Mhairi Lawson. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Conductor: Peter Whelan.
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Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Feb 2022 18:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3