Performer: Robert Howarth

Olivia Fuchs directs Monteverdi's early opera in a sparse staging with a consistently fine cast. 

Some exceptional singing intermittently enlivens Daniel Slater's production which, dramatically and emotionally, takes time to ignite.   

Corelli and a triple-decker sandwich on the south coast, with three arias from Handel’s Messiah separated by two concertos from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.