Handel Deidamia opera to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli. Directed 2012 by David Alden at the De Nederlandse Opera. Stars Sally Matthews (Deidamia), Veronica Cangemi (Nerea), Olga Pasichnyk (Achille), Silvia Tro Santafé (Ulisse), Andrew Foster-Williams (Finice), Umberto Chiummo (Licomede), and Jan-Willem Schaafsma (Nestore). Ivor Bolton conducts the Concerto Köln. Set design by Paul Steinberg; costume design by Constance Hoffman; lighting design by Adam Silverman; choreography by Jonathan Lunn. Directed for TV by Joost Honselaar. Sung in Italian. Released 2012, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
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