Handel: Catone in Utica, HWV A7

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St George's, Hanover SquareThe Vestry, 2A Mill St, London, Greater London, W1S 1FX, United Kingdom

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Performers

Opera Settecento
Tom Foster	Conductor
Christina Gansch	Soprano	Emilia
Erica Eloff	Soprano	Marzia
Emilie Renard	Mezzo-soprano	Arbace
Christopher Jacklin	Baritone	Cesare
Christopher Robson	Countertenor	Catone

The first modern performance of a Handel pasticcio, based
on Leonardo Leo’s Catone in Utica (Venice 1729.) As
impresario, Handel would programme one pasticcio per
season. It enabled him to introduce the genre of Italian
opera to his London public. Catone also showcases
arias by Hasse, Porpora, Vivaldi and Vinci.

TICKET PRICES: £45, £40, £35, £30, £32, £12, £10 - reserved seating

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Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica

Charlotte Valori, 17th March

Metastasio's tale of noble Roman suicide was made into a pasticcio by Handel in 1732: and, after 283 years of silence, returned to the London stage as part of the 2015 London Handel Festival.

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