Reid Chamber Concert
'Of Ghosts and Monsters'
Scenes and Arias from Baroque Operas
Anne Desler - mezzo-soprano
John Kitchen - harpsichord
Programme
'Fammi combattere'
from Orlando (act I, scene 9) HWV 31 ... George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
'Eccomi al fine - Pallido il sole'
from Artaserse (act II, scene 15) ... Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
'Ombra fedele anch'io'
from Idaspe (act II, scene 11) ... Riccardo Broschi (1698-1756)
'Ah, stigie larve - Vaghe pupille'
from Orlando (act II, scene 11) HWV 31 ... George Frideric Handel
'Senti il fato'
from Polifemo (act III, scene 6) ... Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
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Programme notes and translations of texts by Anne Desler