Event listing: Handel: Agrippina - Il Pomo d’Oro with Joyce DiDonato | Barbican Hall | Fri 31 May 2019 at 18:30

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Agrippina (Concert performance)

Performers

Maxim Emelyanychev	Conductor, Harpsichord
Il Pomo d'Oro
Joyce DiDonato	Mezzo-soprano	Agrippina
Elsa Benoit	Soprano	Poppea
Franco Fagioli	Countertenor	Nerone (Nero)
Luca Pisaroni	Baritone	Claudio (Claudius)
Xavier Sabata	Countertenor	Ottone
Andrea Mastroni	Bass	Pallante
Carlo Vistoli	Countertenor	Narciso (Narcissus)
Biagio Pizzuti	Baritone	Lesbo

Tickets £15–75 plus booking fee

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