Programme
- Alcina - 'Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana'(6 mins)
- Hercules - 'Resign thy club and lion's spoils'(5 mins)
- Ariodante - Ballet Music
- Messiah (Pt 2, No 23: He was despised)(7 mins)
- Semele 鈥� 'Myself I shall adore'(8 mins)
- Julius Caesar in Egypt 鈥� 鈥楥he sento? Oh Dio! 鈥� Se piet脿 di me non senti鈥�(9 mins)
- Ariodante - 'Dopo notte, atra e funesta'
- Hercules - 'There in myrtle shades reclined'
Performers
- Alice Cootemezzo-soprano
- Harry Bicketconductor
- Susannah Watersstage director
Composers
About this event
A programme of arias from Handel鈥檚 operas, oratorios and cantatas 鈥� including Giulio Cesare, Semele, Hercules, Theodora, Messiah and Tra le fiamme 鈥� as a window on 鈥榖eing both鈥�: the dilemmas and turbulent emotions experienced by both male and female characters
Few composers express emotion as directly or with greater psychological truth than Handel. British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote explores the full gamut of these emotions in a Late Night Prom featuring some of Handel鈥檚 greatest arias. Taking on both male and female roles, she delves into what it means to be a man, or a woman, in Handel鈥檚 world of sorceresses and knights, kings and queens. She is joined in her theatrical journey by regular collaborators and period-performance specialists Harry Bicket and The English Concert.
There will be no interval