Handel's Il Parnasso in Festa: Opera Matinee 23 March

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Penny Gore presents a concert performance from Amsterdam of Handel's Il Parnasso in Festa, an Italian serenata written to celebrate the marriage of Anne, Princess Royal and Prince William of Orange in London in 1734. It is based on a suitably celebratory Greek legend, that of Apollo celebrating the marriage of Thetis and Peleus on Mount Parnassus.

Apollo ..... David Hansen (countertenor)
Clio .....Robin Johannsen (soprano)
Orfeo .....Kangmin Justin Kim (countertenor)
Cloride .....Silke Gäng (mezzo-soprano)
Euterpe ..... Francesca Ascioti (contralto)
Marte ..... Ismael Arróniz (bass)
Calliope .....Jenny Högström (soprano)
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble, Basel
Conductor Andrea Marcon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jfgw1

I don't know this work at all. There doesn't seem to be many recordings either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnasso_in_festa