Marco Angioloni, a singer and conductor whose affinity with Handel has already produced a unanimously acclaimed Poro at Versailles, invites us to rediscover this magnificent work (with three countertenors in the cast!).
In 1732, Handel, who had just triumphed in Poro and would soon be tackling the composition of Orlando, staged Sosarme, re di Media (the capital of the kingdom of the Medes was Ecbatane, in present-day Iran), a brilliant work in which the castrato-star Senesino and the soprano Anna-Maria Strada del Pò (Handel's muse, who wrote Alcina for her!) gave splendid lyrical performances.
