#Handel: #Rodelinda
featuring soprano #LucyCrowe in the title role in this new #GarsingtonOpera production, #TimMead and #EdLyon , #PeterWhelan conducts. Available to stream until November 17. Listen on #BBCRadio3 "Opera on 3": https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002kq65

Rodelinda/ Lucy Crowe
Bertarido/ Tim Mead
Grimoaldo/ Ed Lyon
Eduige, Bertarido's sister/ Marvic Monreal
Unulfo, Bertarido's adviser/ Hugh Cutting
Garibaldo, Grimoaldo's adviser/ Brandon Cedel
#TheEnglishConcert
cond Peter Whelan

I hadn't realised that Monteverdi's "Orfeo" was first performed in *1607*. That's at least 40 years earlier than I expected. I'm astounded. And also, being halfway through watching a video recording of it from Garsington Opera, completely blown away. <3 #opera #monteverdi #orfeo #GarsingtonOpera