Katie Derham presents Handel's opera Berenice recorded earlier this year at the Göttingen International Handel Festival.
Set in ancient Egypt, the many twists and turns in the plot reflect on love and duty. Queen Berenice is in love with Demetrio, who is in love with Berenice's sister, Selene. Alessandro loves the Queen who has been advised to make an alliance with Rome and marry him, but she's not having it, and orders him to be married to Selene. Demetrio is thrown in prison and the Queen threatens war on Rome, but the entanglements are gradually resolved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yb3bj
The synopsis is available on the schedule page if you'd rather read it.
Set in ancient Egypt, the many twists and turns in the plot reflect on love and duty. Queen Berenice is in love with Demetrio, who is in love with Berenice's sister, Selene. Alessandro loves the Queen who has been advised to make an alliance with Rome and marry him, but she's not having it, and orders him to be married to Selene. Demetrio is thrown in prison and the Queen threatens war on Rome, but the entanglements are gradually resolved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yb3bj
The synopsis is available on the schedule page if you'd rather read it.
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