Händel: Rodelinda
Seen it?2011 | 197 min | Music
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of music lovers.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Long and immersive, at 3 hr 17 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 3 hr 17 min.
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handel’s greatest dramas, seen in Stephen Wadsworth’s 2004 Met premiere production. Rodelinda is faced with an impossible dilemma: With her husband Bertarido believed dead, she either has to marry the despised Grimoaldo (the elegant Joseph Kaiser), who has usurped her husband’s throne, or see him murder her son. But Bertarido (leading countertenor Andreas Scholl) is alive and eventually reclaims both throne and wife—and makes peace with his enemies. Stephanie Blythe is marvelous as Eduige, Bertarido’s sister, who is betrothed to Grimoaldo but turns against him. Baroque authority Harry Bicket conducts.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Matthew Diamond, Stephen Wadsworth
- Renée FlemingRodelinda, Queen of Milan, wife of Bertarido
- Andreas SchollBertarido, King of Milan, believed to be dead
- Joseph KaiserGrimoaldo, usurper of Milan, betrothed to Eduige
- Stephanie BlytheEduige, Bertarido's sister, bethrothed to Grimoaldo
- Iestyn DaviesUnulfo, counselor to Grimoaldo, secretly loyal to Bertarido
- ShenyangGaribaldo, counselor to Grimoaldo
- Moritz LinnFlavio, son of Rodelinda and Bertarido
- Harry BicketConductor
- Deborah VoigtHost
- Deborah VoigtSelf - Host