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Hailed as “a knockout performer” by The Times, Singaporean-British mezzo Fleur Barron brings her burnished voice to her Haymarket debut in the title role of the martyred Saint John the Baptist. Also in their company debuts, Haymarket welcomes bass-baritone Christian Pursell as Herod, the king who is reluctant to execute John the Baptist, and Eric Ferring as the savage confidant who pushes for the saint’s brutal execution. Radiant sopranos Erica Schuller and Kristen Knutson Berka return to Haymarket as the scorned mother and daughter out for blood.

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La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista

DePaul University Welcome Center

The Handel matinee concert by Harry Bicket and The English Concert is one of Carnegie Hall’s most popular annual traditions. Combining exquisite ensemble work, charismatic singers, and an irresistible penchant for theatricality, it’s the perfect way to experience Baroque opera and oratorio in the 21st century. In this anticipated event, hear the first full concert performance of Handel’s Rodelinda at Carnegie Hall in more than 50 years.

The English Concert

Carnegie Hall

The English Concert, a globe-crossing period instrument orchestra led by conductor Harry Bicket, returns to Los Angeles for a single not-to-be-missed concert performance. This masterpiece of baroque opera is full of brazenly amoral characters doing dastardly deeds. As the men surrounding her plot to take the throne, the grieving queen Rodelinda tries to stay one step ahead of them all, while remaining faithful to the memory of her husband, presumed dead.

Don't worry: Handel’s endlessly inventive score makes sense of it all. It’s one of his greatest operas—and he wrote dozens of them, so that’s saying something.

The English Concert: Rodelinda

Los Angeles Music Center

Britain’s premier early-music ensemble returns in its annual season engagement, for a concert performance of Handel’s masterwork Rodelinda, with star soprano Lucy Crowe in the title role. Among the composer’s greatest achievements, Rodelinda is a story of enduring marital love that remains steadfast through every adversity. Crowe lends her clarion voice to the beloved arias “Ombre, piante” and “Ho perduto il caro sposo,” and riveting countertenor Iestyn Davies fills the shoes of Handel’s star castrato Senesino as the exiled husband Bertarido, with Eric Ferring cast as the lustful and vicious usurper Grimoaldo. The ensemble’s 2021 recording of Rodelinda with Crowe and Davies earned rave reviews across the board: Gramophone praised, “The singing is first-rate, while Harry Bicket has an unerring ear for pacing and instrumental color,” and BBC Music Magazine put it simply, “Harry Bicket has gifted us the best-ever recording of Rodelinda.”

Eric Ferring

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Events

Mar 22, 2024

La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista · Haymarket Opera Company

Dec 10, 2023

The English Concert · Carnegie Hall

Nov 21, 2023

The English Concert: Rodelinda · LA Opera

Nov 19, 2023

The English Concert Handel’s Rodelinda · Cal Performances

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