Handel - Berenice

Handel - Berenice (1709)

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.

Handel: Berenice - opera in 3 acts

Berenice... Mireille Asselin (soprano)
Selene...Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano)
Alessandro...Anat Edri (soprano)
Demetrio ...Michal Czerniawski (countertenor)
Arsace...Raffaele Pe (countertenor)
Fabio...Christopher Turner (bass)
Aristobolo...Timothy Dickinson (bass)
La Nuova Musica
Conductor… David Bates


Media info:

General
Format : MPEG Audio
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps

Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Writing library : LAME3.98r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 3 -lowpass 20.5