Rinaldo

"Let me weep over my cruel fate"

An absolute must for lovers of Handel, Rinaldo is a towering Baroque opera and a masterpiece of musical drama. This was the first Italian opera ever written for the London stage, and it catapulted the young Handel to fame and fortune with its brilliant display of arias, duets and orchestral effects, by turns ravishing and thrilling.

A story about love and constancy

In this magical tale of chivalry and cunning, the knight Rinaldo battles the scheming sorceress Armida to rescue his beloved Almirena.

The battle ends in a moment of forgiveness and sacrifice and laying down of arms. The quest that each side has reveals that pure victory is hollow and the virtue of love and constancy is the thing that wins the day.

Two worlds

In this production, director Louisa Muller, together with set and costume designer Simone Romaniuk and lighting designer Verity Hampson cretaed a world of magic and adventure, where what's real and imagined is unknown - a contemporary setting with flavours of a medieval fairy tale.