Händel: Ariodante

At Salzburg Festival, Cecilia Bartoli shines as Ariodante with her dazzling coloratura in a highly acclaimed production by director Christoph Loy, who turns Händel’s splendid baroque opera into an exciting and differentiated reflection on gender roles – "one of the most intelligent opera works one has ever seen in the early repertoire" (ORF). A high-class ensemble, first and foremost a brilliant Cecilia Bartoli – "a league of her own!" (Standard) – makes the production a true triumph. Gianluca Capuano at the podium of the Musiciens du Prince-Monaco "provides for elegance, richness of colour and a sensitive, stirring realisation of the ingenious score" (Kurier). (Cat. no.: A 040 50084)