Opera on 3: Agostino Steffani's Niobe
Tom McKinney presents Agostino Steffani's Niobe, conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock and performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Thursday afternoons are opera on Radio 3.
Tom McKinney presents- Agostino Steffani's Niobe, regina di Tebe
A rare chance to hear Agostino Steffani's Niobe, from the Royal Opera House in London. Based on Ovid's Metamorphoses, it tells the story of Queen Niobe whose pride insults the Gods. As punishment, her children are killed and in her grief she turns to stone. Veronique Gens sings Niobe, and male soprano Jacek Laszczkowski her husband Anfione, a role originally written for a castrato. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts his own Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, and discusses why Steffani's music, which had such an influence on Handel, deserves to become better known.
Anfione ..... Jacek Laszczkowski (Soprano)
Niobe ..... Veronique Gens (Soprano)
Nerea ..... Delphine Galou (Contralto)
Clearte ..... Tim Mead (Alto)
Tiberino ..... Lothar Odinius (Tenor)
Manto ..... Amanda Forsythe (Soprano)
Tiresia ..... Bruno Taddia (Baritone)
Poliferno ..... Alastair Miles (Bass)
Creonte ..... Iestyn Davies (Countertenor)
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor).
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Agostino Steffani
Niobe, regina di Tebe (Part 1)
Singer: Jacek Laszczkowski. Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Singer: Delphine Galou. Singer: Tim Mead. Singer: Lothar Odinius. Singer: Amanda Forsythe. Singer: Bruno Taddia. Singer: Alastair Miles. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. Orchestra: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怑nsemble. -
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Agostino Steffani
Niobe, regina di Tebe (Part 2)
Singer: Jacek Laszczkowski. Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Singer: Delphine Galou. Singer: Tim Mead. Singer: Lothar Odinius. Singer: Amanda Forsythe. Singer: Bruno Taddia. Singer: Alastair Miles. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怑nsemble. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. -
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Agostino Steffani
Niobe, regina di Tebe (Part 3)
Singer: Jacek Laszczkowski. Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Singer: Delphine Galou. Singer: Tim Mead. Singer: Lothar Odinius. Singer: Amanda Forsythe. Singer: Bruno Taddia. Singer: Alastair Miles. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怑nsemble. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. -
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Agostino Steffani
Niobe, regina di Tebe (Part 4)
Singer: Jacek Laszczkowski. Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Singer: Delphine Galou. Singer: Tim Mead. Singer: Lothar Odinius. Singer: Amanda Forsythe. Singer: Bruno Taddia. Singer: Alastair Miles. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怑nsemble. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. -
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Broadcast
- Thu 20 May 2021 14:00大象传媒 Radio 3