Organization

Singer

Soprano

Renée Fleming

Rodelinda

Contralto

Stephanie Blythe

Eduige

Countertenor

Andreas Scholl

King Bertarido

Christophe Dumaux

Unulfo

Theodora Hanslowe

Tenor

Kobie van Rensburg

Grimoaldo

Bass

John Relyea

Garibaldo

Oren Gradus

Conductor

Patrick Summers

Stage director

Stephen Wadsworth

Set designer

Thomas Lynch

Costume designer

Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting designer

Peter Kaczorowski

The Metropolitan Opera

Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

The fourth Handel opera to enter the Met repertoire, Rodelinda stars Renée Fleming in the title role of the Queen of Lombardy and grieving widow of King Bertarido (countertenor Andreas Scholl), who furiously rejects marriage to Grimoaldo (tenor Kobie van Rensburg), the usurper of her late husband’s throne. Plot complications come thick and fast, among them the revelation that Bertarido is alive, with the characters’ emotions exquisitely expressed in Handel’s alternately lyrical and virtuosic arias. The stellar cast also includes Stephanie Blythe and John Relyea. Conductor Patrick Summers leads this thrilling performance.

Rodelinda Händel

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English

Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19 by Händel, From (2006/2006), Directed by Stephen Wadsworth,, Conductor Patrick Summers, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, United States

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