Whiting, Lenard

Handel: Rinaldo / Mallon, Opera in Concert, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Affleck, Catherine; Barber, Kimberly; Bower, Nicole; Hannigan, Barbara; Modolo, Jennifer Enns; Newman, Marion; Tomkins, Giles; Watson, Sean; Whalen, Laura; Whiting, Lenard
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Opera in Concert Chorus

"Rinaldo", its plot drawn from Taso's epic of the Crusades, was Handel's first opera for London, where it was staged in 1711. The Italian libretto...continue...