Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Act 1 | 20090719 | Catherine Bott presents a concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian. Partenope is a dazzling comic parody of a typically convoluted plot, which only unravels when the supposed Prince of Armenia is challenged to fight bare-chested and is exposed as the disguised Rosmira, her challenger's abandoned fiancee. Handel: Partenope (Act 1) Cast (from Danish Opera) Partenope - Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Rosmira - Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Arsace - Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Armindo - Christophe Dumax (countertenor) Emilio - Bo Kristian Jensen (tenor) Ormonte - Palle Knudsen (bass) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor). A concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian - Act 1. |
| 02 | Act 2 | 20090719 | Catherine Bott presents a concert performance of Act 2 of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian. Partenope is a dazzling comic parody of a typically convoluted plot, which only unravels when the supposed Prince of Armenia is challenged to fight bare-chested and is exposed as the disguised Rosmira, her challenger's abandoned fiancee. Handel: Partenope (Act 2) Cast (from Danish Opera) Partenope - Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Rosmira - Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Arsace - Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Armindo - Christophe Dumax (countertenor) Emilio - Bo Kristian Jensen (tenor) Ormonte - Palle Knudsen (bass) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor). A concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian - Act 2. |
| 03 | Act 3 | 20090719 | Catherine Bott presents a concert performance of Act 3 of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian. Partenope is a dazzling comic parody of a typically convoluted plot, which only unravels when the supposed Prince of Armenia is challenged to fight bare-chested and is exposed as the disguised Rosmira, her challenger's abandoned fiancee. Handel: Partenope (Act 3) Cast (from Danish Opera) Partenope - Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Rosmira - Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Arsace - Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Armindo - Christophe Dumax (countertenor) Emilio - Bo Kristian Jensen (tenor) Ormonte - Palle Knudsen (bass) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor). A concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian - Act 3. |