Step into the glamour of 18th-century London with Handel’s Leading Ladies, a programme of dazzling arias, celebrated divas & musical rivalry

Step into the world of 18th-century opera, where fierce rivalry, dazzling voices and celebrity ruled the stage.

Discover the story of opera’s original divas, Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, through spectacular music by Handel and Bononcini.

Featuring the exceptional soprano Nardus Williams, directed by John Butt, and the musicians of Dunedin Consort this is an evening of vocal brilliance, musical drama and larger-than-life personalities.

Programme

George Frideric Handel

Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.6

Torni omai la pace from Tolomeo

No, più soffrir non voglio from Alessandro

Giovanni Bononcini Prelude from Il Lamento d’Olimpia

George Frideric Handel False Imagine from Ottone

Giovanni Bononcini Difese mi giurasti from Astianatte

Discover more about the programme in our free pre-concert talk with John Butt at 6.30pm.

Doors at 7pm, or 6.15pm if attending the pre-concert talk.

90 minute duration including 20 minute interval.

For further information visit: www.dunedin-consort.org.uk/diary/handel-gla2026/

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