Händel: Rodelinda
# The Metropolitan Opera: Rodelinda
📜 Overview:
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handel’s greatest dramas, seen in Stephen Wadsworth’s 2004 Met premiere production. Rodelinda is faced with an impossible dilemma: With her husband Bertarido believed dead, she either has to marry the despised Grimoaldo (the elegant Joseph Kaiser), who has usurped her husband’s throne, or see him murder her son. But Bertarido (leading countertenor Andreas Scholl) is alive and eventually reclaims both throne and wife—and makes peace with his enemies. Stephanie Blythe is marvelous as Eduige, Bertarido’s sister, who is betrothed to Grimoaldo but turns against him. Baroque authority Harry Bicket conducts.
🌏 Languages Available:
Italian
📆 Date Released:
2011-12-03
⌚ Running Time:
197 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
0.0
Beloved Cast
Rodelinda, Queen of Milan, wife of Bertarido
Renée Fleming
Bertarido, King of Milan, believed to be dead
Andreas Scholl
Grimoaldo, usurper of Milan, betrothed to Eduige
Joseph Kaiser
Eduige, Bertarido's sister, bethrothed to Grimoaldo
Stephanie Blythe
Unulfo, counselor to Grimoaldo, secretly loyal to Bertarido
Iestyn Davies
Garibaldo, counselor to Grimoaldo
Shenyang
Flavio, son of Rodelinda and Bertarido
Moritz Linn
Conductor
Harry Bicket
Host
Deborah Voigt
Self - Host
Deborah Voigt
MET Orchestra
