Artists
- Sandrine Piausoprano
- Jérôme Correasconductor, harpsichord
- Les Paladins
- Catherine Plattnerviolin
- Patrick Olivaviolin
- Benoît Bursztejnviola
- Nicolas Crnjanskicello
- Franck Ratajczykdouble bass
- Benjamin Narveytheorbo, guitar
Sandrine Piau
Image credit: © Sandrine Expilly/Naïve
This concert will be approximately 80 minutes in duration, without an interval.
Having overcome London’s traditional resistance to Italian opera, Handel turned the artform into the city’s most fashionable entertainment. Les Paladins and Sandrine Piau, with help from a programme of showstopping arias and virtuosic Italianate instrumental pieces, show why the capital’s audiences flocked to hear Handel’s latest productions three centuries ago.