Mezzo-sopra­no Giuseppina Bridelli and Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu intro­duce us to the most bril­liant rage arias of George Frideric Handel and Nicola Porpora. Handel’s Rinaldo swears to wreak vengeance through the dra­mat­ic invo­ca­tion of whirl­winds, while the hero of Porpora’s
Semiramide explodes in fury with the head­long In brac­cio a mille furie.

There is no inter­mis­sion for this concert.