Ariodante 28 years old

The English National Opera first mounted David Alden's production of Ariodante, one of Handel's greatest masterpieces, in 1993. It met with unanimous critical and popular acclaim, and this 1996 revival features many of the leading singers from the original production. Ariodante is Handel's 1735 setting of an episode from Ariosto, in which the King of Scotland's daughter is treacherously accused of infidelity to her promised husband. The range of feelings provoked as the characters develop is caught in music of quite extraordinary emotional power, even by Handel's own exalted standards.

Credits

Ariodante Cast

Name	Character
Gwynne Howell He was 57, now 86 years old	as King of Scotland
Lesley Garrett She was 40, now 69 years old	as Dalinda

Ariodante Crew

Name	Department
Ian MacNeil as Production Design. He was 36 (now 64) years old	Art
Ian MacNeil as Costume Design. He was 36 (now 64) years old	Costume & Make-Up
Georg Friedrich Händel as Music. He was 310 (74) years old when He died	Sound
Paul Holman as Camera Operator.	Camera