The warrior hero of Handel’s Rinaldo battles sorcery as well as altogether more sensuous enemies. Rinaldo was Handel’s first Italian opera and this tale of witchcraft, warfare and passion took London by storm when it opened – just around the corner from St Martin-in-the-Fields – in 1711. 

Rinaldo Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Almirena Mary Bevan
Goffredo Paula Murrihy
Eustazio Alexander Chance
Argante Ashley Riches
Armida Rachael Wilson
Araldo/Donna/Magician Andy Shen Liu