George Frideric Handel

The source material for this week’s Sunday Opera (3/29 3:00 p.m.) has been used in well over 70 different projects. In the past, we heard one treatment by Giovanni Simone Mayr in his opera “Ginevra di Scozia,” but this time, we’re turning to one of Handel’s “Italian operas” that he wrote for London in 1735, “Ariodante.” Our recording comes from 1978 and features a stellar cast in this opera that is a tale of love, betrayal, and redemption, and it explores themes of jealousy, deception, and the triumph of good over evil.

We’re off to the Salzburg Festival for this week’s Sunday Opera (10/26 3:00 p.m.) and their presentation of George Frideric Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” which was originally staged by London’s Royal Academy of Music in 1724.

We'll be listening to a recent recording of Handel's 1730 opera about the Queen of Napels and her various suitors on this week's program.

Handel's first opera, written when he was 19, was a huge success when it first premiered in 1705, but like several other works, it didn't resurface until the 1980s.

We're once again showcasing a production from London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. This time, it's Handel's dramatic oratorio, "Theodora."

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It’s a bit of historical fiction on this week’s Sunday Opera (4/11 3:00 p.m.) with George Frideric Handel’s “Alessandro.” Closer to a comedy than a drama,…